N,N{40 -Heptamethylenebis(4-trifluoromethoxybenzamide)-{62 -cyclodextrin inclusion complex

ABSTRACT

4-(Q-O)-4&#39;&#39;-R1-N,N&#39;&#39;-alkylenebis(benzamides), N,N&#39;&#39;alkylenebis(3,4-methylenedioxybenzamides) or N,N&#39;&#39;-alkylenebis(4(lower-alkoxy)benzamides), having endocrinological properties, where Q is lower-alkyl, lower-alkoxyalkyl, lower-alkenyl, halolower-alkyl, halo-lower-alkenyl, lower-cycloalkyl, phenyl and BN(lower alkyl) where BN is di-(lower-alkyl)amino or a saturated Nheteromonocyclic radical having from five to seven ring atoms and alkylene has at least five carbon atoms between its two connecting linkages and R1 is Q-O-, hydrogen, lower-alkoxy, lower-alkyl, halo, benzyloxy, hydroxy, di-(lower-alkyl)amino, nitro, amino or trihalomethyl are prepared preferably by reacting the appropriate diamine or N-(aminoalkyl)-benzamide with two or one molar equivalents, respectively, of the appropriate benzoyl halide. The instant application relates particularly to N,N&#39;&#39;heptamethylenebis(4-trifluoromethoxybenzamide)- Beta cyclodextrin inclusion complex, having antifertility activity.

United States Patent Lesher Mar. 4, 1975 N,N'-HEPTAMETHYLENEBIS(4- TRIFLUOROMETHOXYBENZAMIDE)-,B- CYCLODEXTRIN INCLUSION COMPLEX [75] Inventor: George Y. Lesher, Schodack, NY.

[73] Assignee: Sterling Drug Inc., New York, NY.

[22] Filed: May 29, 1973 [21] Appl. No.: 364,289

Related U.S. Application Data [60] Division of Ser. No. 119,029, Feb. 25, 1971, which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 62,186, Aug. 7, 1970, abandoned.

[52] U.S. Cl. 260/209 R, 260/239 B, 260/247.l, 260/247.2 A, 260/268 R, 260/29373.

260/465.4, 260/558 A, 260/558 D, 260/558 R, 260/559 A, 260/559 R, 260/56] R,

260/576, 260/583 EE, 260/583 H, 260/583 P, 260/584, 424/324, 424/361 [51] Int. Cl C08b 25/02, C07c 103/30 [58] Field of Search 260/209 R, 209 D, 559 R, 260/559 D [56] References Cited UNlTED STATES PATENTS 1,899,856 2/1933 de Montmollin et al. 260/559 R 8/1964 Surrey 260/559 R 1/1971 Parmerter et al 260/209 D [57] ABSTRACT 4-(Q-O)-4-R,-N,N-alkylenebis(benzamides), N,N- alkylenebis(3,4-methylenedioxybenzamides) or N,N- a1kylenebis[4-(lower-alkoxy)benzamides], having endocrinological properties, where Q is lower-alkyl, lower-alkoxyalky1, lower-alkenyl, halo-lower-alkyl, halolower-alkenyl, lower-cycloalkyl, phenyl and BN- (lower alkyl) where BN is di-(1ower-alkyl)amin0 or a saturated N-heteromonocyclic radical having from five to seven ring atoms and alkylene has at least five carbon atoms between its two connecting linkages and R is Q-O-, hydrogen, lower-alkoxy, lower-alkyl, halo, benzyloxy, hydroxy, di-(lower-alkyl)amino, nitro, amino or trihalomethyl are prepared preferably by reacting the appropriate diamine or N-(aminoalkyl)- benzamide with two or one molar equivalents, respectively, of the appropriate benzoyl halide. The instant application relates particularly to N,N- heptamethylenebis(4-trifluoromethoxybenzamide)-B- cyclodextrin inclusion complex, having antifertility activity,

1 Claim, No Drawings 1 2 N,N-HEPTAMETHYLENEBIS(4- were found to be useful in having antifertility activity TRIFLUOROMETHOXYBENZAMIDE)B- in female rats. The compounds of formula ll were CYCLO DEXTR IN INCLUSION COMPLEX found to be useful in having hypocholesteremic activity in male rats.

This application is a division of copending applica- 5 Lower-alkyl, as used herein is an alkyl radical, tion Ser. No. 119,029, filed Feb. 25, 1971, which in preferably having from one to six carbon atoms, which turn is a continuation-in-part of copending application can be arranged as straight or branched chains includ- No 2 filed g 1970 and o il ing, for instance, but without limiting the generality of donedthe foregoing, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, sec- COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR PREPARATION iwbuty' and "Lower-alkoxy", as used herein is an alkoxy radical, This invention relates to compositions of matter preferably having from one to six carbon atoms, which known in the art of chemistry as N,N'- can be arranged as straight or branched chains, includalkylenebis(benzamides) and to their preparation. ing, for instance, but without limiting the generality of The invention in its composition aspect resides in the the foregoing, methoxy, ethoxy, n-propoxy, isoprocompounds haying the fonmulal ll orl ll poxy sec-butoxy, isobutoxy and n-hexoxy.

where Q is lower-alkoxyalkyl, lower-alkenyl, halo- Di-(lower-alkyl)amino, as used herein isadialkyllower-alkyl, halo-lower-alkenyl, lower-cycloalkyl, pheamino radical, where each alkyl preferably has from nyl and BN-(lower-alkyl) where BN is di-(lowerone to six carbon atoms and can be arranged as straight alkyl)amino or a saturated N-heteromonocyclic radical or branched chains, di-(lower-alkyl)amino including, having from five to seven ring atoms; 0 is lower-alkyl; for instance, but without limiting the generality of the R and R are each hydrogen or lower-alkyl or, in the foregoing, dimethylamino, diethylamino, ethylmecase of formula I, lower-hydroxyalkyl or phenyl; R is thylamino, dim-propylamino, diisopropylamino, meth- Q-0-, hydrogen, lower-alkoxy, lower-alkyl, halo, benyl-n-butylamino, diisobutylamino and di-n-hexylamino. zyloxy,hydroxy,di-(lower-alkyl)amino,nitro,amino or Lower-hydroxyalkyl, as used herein is a hydroxyt h y R4 and 5 are ach hydrogen, ethyl radical, preferably having from two to six carbon y IOWeFalkOXY halo, benlyloxy or y y atoms and having its free valence bond on a carbon Y is alkylenc having from five to twelve carbon atoms atom other than that containing hydroxy, including, for inclusive and having at least five carbon atoms between instance, but without limiting the generality fth f its two connecting linkages wherein a carbon atom of going, z hydroxyethyl, LhydrOXyPrOPyL 2. said alkylene more than two carbon atoms removed hydroxybutyl, 2 hydrOXyhexy1, 3 hydroxypropyl, 4- from the amide nitrogen atoms can be replaced by d b t l 6-hydroxyhexyl and 2-hydroxy-2 O-, --S-, S-S, SeSe, =SO, =SO methylpropyL =Nuoweralkynr Lower-alkoxyalkyl, as used herein is an alkoxyal- =C=O7 v kyl radical, preferably having from three to six carbon atoms, which can be arranged as straight or branched CH GH 5O chains, illustrated by 2-methoxyethyl, 2-ethoxyethyl,

I 3-methoxypropyl, 4-methoxybutyl, 3-ethoxypropyl, 2- r a r r methoxypropyl, 3-isopropoxypropyl, 3-nor where Y represents Y-Z-Y" where Y is alkylene p yp py r yp y and the likehaving from one to four carbon atoms inclusive; Y" is y r as used herein is an alkenyl radical a direct linkage or alkylene h vi f one to f preferably having from three to six carbon atoms, illuscarbon atoms inclusive, Z is phenylene or cycloalkyl- Hated y -p p y y y r y ene having from three to six ring-carbon atoms inclu- P p y and 2"hexenylsive. Halo-lower-alkyl, is an alkyl radical, preferably The compounds of this composition aspect of the inhaving from one to six carbon atoms and having from vention, when tested according to st d d d i one to five halo substituents, i.e., fluoro, chloro, bromo logical evaluation procedures in animals, have been and iOdo, preferably fluoro and chloro, illustrated by found to possess the inherent applied use characterisr m t y fluoromethyl, 2-chloroethyl, 2- tics of producing significant increases in adrenal fllwmethyl, dichloromethylr difluommethylr dlbmmo' weights in female rats, thereby indicating an inhibition r; hyL ii m hyl. tri hloromethyl, tr fllloroof adrenal steroidogenesis. Such inhibition of adrenal. methyl, 2-chloro-l, l, Z-triiluoroethyl, 2.12- steroidogcnesis may be useful in the control of disease ll'iehloroethyl, 2,2.Z-trifluoroethyl, l,l ,2,2.2-pentaentities associated with adrenal hyperfunction. Memlluoroethyl, l,l,2.Z-tetrafluoro-n-butyl, l.l,2-trifluorobers of the composition aspect of the invention also n-hexyl, 2,2,3,3,3-pentafluoropropyl, and the like.

Halo-lower-alkenyl, as used herein is an alkenyl radical, preferably having from two to six carbon atoms and from one to three halo substituents, i.e., fluoro, chloro, bromo and iodo, preferably fluoro and chloro,

Lower-cycloalkyl, as used herein is a cycloalkyl radical, preferably having from three to six carbon atoms, illustrated by cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl and cyclohexyl.

Saturated N-heteromonocyclic, as used herein e.g., as represented by BN in the definition of formula I, represents an N-heteromonocyclic radical having from five to seven ring atoms, illustrated by pyrrolidino, piperidino, morpholino, hexamethyleneimino, piperazino and lower-alkylated derivatives thereof where the lower-alkyl radicals can be attached to any available ring-atom and can vary preferably from one to three in number, e.g., 2-methylpiperidino, 3- ethylpiperidino, 4methylpiperidino, 2,6- dimethylpiperidino, 2,4-dimethylpiperidino, 2,4,6- trimethylpiperidino, 3-n-propylpiperidoino, 2,2 -dimethylpiperidino, 2-methylpyrrolidino, 2,5- deimethylpyrrolidino, 2,3-dimethylmorpholino, 2- ethylmorpholino, 2-methylhexamethyleneimino, 2,7-

ethylpiperazino and 2,4,6-trimethylpiperazino.

The alkylene radicals designated above as Y and Y each has from one to four carbon atoms and are illustrated by CH (CH -trifluoromethoxybenzamide) 2) 2)4, "'CH(CH3) 2)2 Y" also can be a direct linkage. Thus, illustrations of -CH C61- CHCH CH Alkylene, as used herein, as designated by Y in formula I has from five to twelve carbon atoms and has at The invention sought to be patented in a process aspect is described as residing in the process for the prepleast five carbon atoms between its two connecting 6O aration of the symmetrical compounds of formula I linkages, illustrated by (CH) (CH (where R is Q-O. R=R', R =R4 and R =R ll or III which comprises reacting a diamine of formula [V with a 4-(O-O)-2(or 3)-R -5(or 6)-R -benzoylating, 3,- 4-methylenedioxyb enzoylating or 4-(Q-O)-2(or 3 )-R 1i- (Q-O -2 (or 3 41 6 y s a 3,4-methylenedioxybenzoyl halide or a 4-(Q'-O)- 2(or 3)-R -5(or 6)-R -benzoyl halide, respectively, where Y, R, R, O. Q, R,, R R R and R are defined as above in the definitions of formulas I, II and III. Other benzoylating agents are noted hereinbelow.

The invention sought to be patented in another process aspect is described as residing in the process for the preparation of the unsymmetrical compounds of formula I (where R, is other than Q-O-) which com prises reacting an N-aminoalkylbenzamide of the formula VI with a 4-R,-2(or 3)-R,-5(or 6)-R -benzoylating agent, where Q, R, R, Y, R R R R and R have the meanings given above for formula I. Alternatively, these unsymmetrical compounds of formula I can be prepared by reacting an N-aminoalkylbenzamide of the formula Vll I R C-ll-Y-NHR VII with a 4-(Q-0)-2(or 3)-R -5(or 6)-R;,-benzoylating agent.

Another process aspect of the invention resides in the process for the preparation of the N-aminoalkylbenzamide of formula VI where R and R are each hydrogen which comprises reacting an aminoalkanonitrile of the formula H N NY'-CN (VIII), where Y has one CH less than Y, with a 4-(Q-0)-2(or 3)-R -5(or 6)-R benzoylating agent and reducing the resulting N-(CN-Y')-4-(Q-0)-2(or 3)-R -5(or 6)-R -benzamide where Q, Y, R and R have the meanings given for formula I. The N-aminoalkylbenzamide of formula VII is similarly prepared by first reacting an aminoalkanonitrile of formula VIII with a 4-R,-2(or 3)-R,-5(or 6)-R benzoylating agent and reducing the corresponding N-(CN-Y')-4-R -2(or 3)-R -5(or 6)-R5-benzamide.

The nature of the starting materials, mode of synthesis, results of elementary analyses, examination of the final products of formulas I, II and III by infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance spectrographic analyses, all taken together, confirm the molecular sutructure assigned to these compounds.

The manner and process of making and using the invention will now be generally described so as to enable a person skilled in the art of medicinal chemistry to make and use the same, as follows.

The intermediate diamines, cyanoalkylamines and benzoyl halides are either commercially available or are readily prepared using known starting materials, e.g., from the corresponding benzoic acids, and using known methods, as illustrated hereinbelow in the speeific examples.

The symmetrical final products, as illustrated by formulas I, II or III, are preferably prepared by reacting the appropriate diamine offormula IV with the benzoyl halide of formula V, a 3,4-methylenedioxybenzolhalide or a 4-(Q'-0)-2(or 3 )-R -5(0r 6)-R -benzoyl halide. respectively, in the presence ofan.acid .acceptor. that is a basic substance capable of neutralizing the hydrogen halide formed by the reaction, for example. an alkali carbonate, preferebly sodium carbonate or potassium carbonate, alkali hydroxide, preferably sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide. The reaction was carried out preferably by carefully mixing the reactants with cooling (to about 0 to 10C.) and stirring in a medium comprising water and a suitable water-immiscible organic solvent inert under the reaction conditions, e.g., ethylene dischloride, chloroform, methylene dichloride, benzene, ether, and the like; the reaction mxiture preferably was then allowed to warm up to room temperature and to stand with stirringuntil the reaction was completed. The unsymmetrical compounds of formula I are similarly prepared byfirst benzoylating a cyanoalkylamine of formula VI, reducing the N-cyanoalkylbenzamide and then benzoylating the resulting N-aminoalkylbenzamide. The reduction ofv the N-cyanoalkylbenzamides to the corresponding N-aminoalkylbenzamides can be carried out by using any reducing agent capable of reducing alkanonitriles to alkylamines, e.g., using an alkali aluminum hydride or by catalytic hydrogenation in the presence of a suitable catalyst, e.g., Raney nickel.

Alternatively, other available benzoylating agents can be used in place of said benzoyl halides in the process of the invention. For example, the reaction can be carried out by heating a lower-alkyl 4-(Q-O)-2(or 3)- R -5(or 6)-R -benzoate, lower-alkyl 3,4-methylenedioxybenzoate or lower-alkyl 4-(Q'-O)-2(or 3)-R -5(or 6 )-R -benzoate with diamine of formula IV or by reacting a 4-(O-O)-2(or3 )-R' -5(or 6)-R -benzoic, 3,4- methylenedioxybenzoic or 4-(O'-0)-2(or 3)-R -5(or 6)-R -,-benzoic anhydride with said diamine to form the final products of formulas I, II or III, respectively. Also, the products of formulas I, II or III are obtained by heating said diamine with a 4-(Q-0)-2(or 3)-R -5(or 6)-R -benzoic, 3,4-methylenedioxybenzoic or 4-(Q'- 0)-2(or 3)-R -5(or 6)-R -benzoic acid either in the absence or presence ofa suitable solvent, for example, dimethylformamide, tetrahydrofuran, benzene, ethylene dichloride, and the like, and either in the absence or presence of a dehydrating or an acitvating agent, e.g., dicyclohexylcarbodiimide, l, l -carbonyldiimidazole and the like.

The best mode contemplated for carrying out the invention will now be set forth as follows 1. N,N'-Pentamethylenebis(4- methoxybenzamide) A solution containing 18.8 g. of 4-methoxybenzoyl chloride in I00 ml. of ethylene dichloride was added dropwise over a period of about 15 minutes with stirring to a cooled mixture containing 5.1 g. of 1,5-pentanediamine, 200 ml. 10% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution and 500 ml. of ethylene dichloride. The reaction mixture was stirred with cooling for an additional minutes. The white precipitate was collected, washed with water, recrystallized from isopropyl alcohol and dried at about C. in vacuo for about 15 hours to yield 14.4 g. of N,N'- pentamethylenebis-(4-methoxybenzamide), m.p. 160-161C.

2. N,N-Hexamethylenebis(4- methoxybenzamide) m.p. 177-178C.. 18.1 g., was prepared as in Example 1 using 188 g. of 4- methoxybenzoyl chloride in ml. ofethylene dichloride, 5.8 g. of 1,6-hexanediamine, 200 ml. of 10% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution and 500 ml. of ethylene dichloride.

3. N,N-Heptamethylenebis(4- methoxybenzamide) m.p 157-159C., 200 g., was prepared as in Example 1 using 213 g. of 4- methoxybenzoyl chloride in 350 m1. of ethylene dichloride, 82 g. of 1,7-heptanediamine, ml. of 35% aqueous sodium hydroxide plus ml. of water, 500 ml. of ethylene dichloride and 300 ml. of water. instead of recrystallizing the product it was purified as follows: it was first slurried with 3 liters of methanol for about a hour, collected, washed with 3 100ml. portions of cold methanol and reslurried in three liters of n-hexane, washed with 3 100 ml. portions of n-hexane and dried at 60C. in vacuo for 20 hours.

The above product also is prepared by heating, preferably in a suitable solvent, e.g., ethylene dichloride or benzene, 1,7-heptanediamine and either 4- methoxybenzoic anhydride, ethyl 4-methoxybenzoate or 4-methoxybenzoic acid, the latter optionally being used in conjunction with dicyclohexylcarbodiimide.

4. N,N-Octamethylenebis(4-methoxybenzamide) m.p. 175176C., 16.3 g., was prepared as in Example 1 using 18.8 g. of 4-methoxybenzoyl chloride in 100 ml. of ethylene dichloride, 7.2 g. of 1,8octanediamine, 200 m1. of 10% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution, 500 ml. of ethylene dichloride and recrystallization from ethanol.

5. N,N'-Nonamethylenebis(4-methoxybenzamide) m.p. 156-157C., 15.8 g., was prepared as in Example 1 using 18.8 g. of 4-methoxybenzoy1 chloride in 100 ml. of ethylene dichloride, 7.9 g. of 1.9- nonanediamine, 200 ml. of 10% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution and 500 ml. of ethylene dichloride.

6. N.N'-Heptamethy1enebis(4ethoxybenzamide) m.p. 156l57C., 20.7 g., was prepared as in Example 1 using a soultion of 4-ethoxybenzoyl chloride (this acid halide was prepared from 41.5 g. of 4- ethoxybenzoic acid as described below) in 200 ml. of ethylene dichloride, 13.0 g. of 1,7-heptanediamine, 250 ml. of 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution, 500 ml. of ethylene dichloride and recrystallization from ethanol using decolorizing charcoal.

The above intermediate 4-ethoxybenzoyl chloride was prepared as follows. A mixture containing 41.5 g. of 4-ethoxybenzoic acid and excess thionyl chloride was heated on a steam bath for about 15 minutes until the evolution of hydrogen chloride ceased; 100 ml. of ethylene dichloride was added and removed by distillation; another 200 ml. of ethylene dichloride was added; the mixture was filtered and the filtrate evaporated in vacuo on a steam bath to remove the ethylene dichloride; the remaining oily 4-ethoxybenzoyl chloride which solidified on cooling, was dissolved in 200 ml. of ethylene dichloride and used in the abovesaid reaction.

7. N N'-Heptamethylenebis(4-isopropoxybenzamide) m.p. 135-136C, 10.9 g., was prepared as in Example 1 using a solution of 4-isopropoxybenzoyl chloride (from 18.0 g. of 4 isopropoxybenzoic acid as in Example 6 in 100 ml. of ethylene dichloride, 8.9 g. of 1,7-heptanediamine, 200 ml. of 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution, 500 ml. ethylene dichloride and recrystallization from acetonitrile using decolorizing charcoal.

8. N,N-Heptamethylenebis(4-n-butoxybenzamide) m.p. 151-152C., 20.0 g., was prepared as in Example 1 using 4-n-butoxybenzoyl chloride (prepared from 27.2 g. of 4-n-butoxybenzoic acid as in Example 6) in 200 ml. of ethylene dichloride. 6.5 g. of 1,7- heptanediamine, 200 ml. of 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution. 500 ml. of ethylene dichloride and recrystallization from ethanol using decolorizing charcoal.

9. N,N-Heptamethylenebis(4-pentyloxybenzamide) m.p. 155-156C., 29.9 g., was prepared as in Example 1 using 50 g. of 4-pentyloxybenzoyl chloride in 200 ml. of ethylene dichloride, 13.0 g. of 1,7- heptanediamine, 250 ml. of 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution, 500 ml. of ethylene dichloride and recrystallization from ethanol.

10. N,N'-Hexamethylenebis(3,4-methylenedioxybenzamide) m.p. l83-185C., 19.4 g., was prepared as in Example 1 using 3,4-

methylenedioxybenzoyl chloride (from 30 g. of 3,4- methylenedioxybenzoic acid as in Example 6) in 100 ml. of ethylene dichloride, 9.3g. of 1,6-hexanediamine, 200 ml. of 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution, 500 ml. of ethylene dichloride and recrystallization from ethanol using decolorizing charcoal.

1 1. N,N '-Heptamethylenebis(3,4-methylenedioxybenzamide) m.p. 151152C., 24.9 g., was prepared as in Example 1 using 3 ,4- methylenedioxybenzoyl chloride (prepared as in Example 6 using 30 g. of 3,4-methylenedioxybenzoic acid) in 150 ml. of ethylene dichloride, 10.5 g. of 1,7heptanediamine, 200 ml. of 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution, 500ml. of ethylene dichloride and recrystallization from ethanol using decolorizing charcoal.

l2. N,N'-Octamethylenebis(3,4-methylenedioxybenzamide) m.p. 179-180C., 21.6 g., was prepared as in Example 1 using 3,4-methy1enedioxybenzoyl chloride (from 30 g. of 3,4-methylenedioxybenzoic acid as in Example 6) in 100 ml. of ethylene dichloride. l 1.5 g. of 1.8-octanediamine, 200 ml. of 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution, 500 ml. of ethylene dichloride and recrystallization from ethanol.

13. N ,N '-Heptamethylenebis(3 ,4-dimethoxybenzamide) m.p. -161C., 13.2 g., was prepared as in Example 1 using 3,4-dimethoxybenzoyl chloride (from 25.5g. of 3,4-dimethoxybenzoic acid as in Example 6) in 150 ml. of ethylene dichloride, 6.5 g. of 1,7- heptanediamine, 200 ml. of 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution, 500 m1. of ethylene dichloride and recrystallizations from ethanol and methanol using decolorizing charcoal.

14. N ,N '-Heptamethylenebis(3 -chloro-4-methoxybenzamide) mp. 132133C., 16.4 g., was prepared as in Example 1 using 3-chloro-4-methoxybenxoy| chloride (from 25.0 g. of 3-chloro-4-methoxybenzoic acid as in Example 6) in 200 ml. of ethylene dichloride, 7.8 g. of 1,7-heptanediamine, 200 ml.

of 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution. 500

ml. of ethylene dichloride and recrystallization from acetonitrile using decolorizing charcoal.

15. N,N'-l-lexainethylenebis(4-trifluoromethoxybenzamide) A solution containing 9 g. of 4-trifluoromethoxybenzoyl chloride in 150 ml. of ethylene dichloride was added slowly with stirring and cooling to a mixture containing 2.03 g. of 1,6-hexanediamine, 100 ml. of 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution and 300 ml. of ethylene dichloride. The mixture was then stirred without cooling while allowing the temperature to come up to room temperature (about 25-30C.). The separated white solid was collected, recrystallized from methanol using decolorizing charcoal and dried in a vacuum oven at about 60C. to yield 4.9 g. of N,N- hexamethylenebis(4-trifluoromethoxybenzamide), mp. 179180C.

16. N,N'-Heptamethylenebis(4-trifluoromethoxybenzamide) A mixture containing 28.8 g. of 4-trifluoromethoxybenzoic acid and an excess of thio nyl chloride was heated on a steam bath under reflux for 3 hours. The excess thionyl chloride was distilled off by heating on the steam bath. Fifty ml. of ethylene dichloride was added and removed by heating in vacuo, more ethylene dichloride was added and removed by distilling in vacuo. The remaining residue, 4-trifluoromethoxybenzoyl chloride, was dissolved in 100 ml. of ethylene dichloride and added slowly with stirring and cooling to a mixture containing 8.45 g. of 1,7- heptanediamine, 250 ml. of 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution and 500 ml. of ethylene dichloride.

The mixture was stirred with cooling for another minutes and then allowed to stand overnight (about 15 hours). The white solid was collected, washed with water, recrystallizedfrom methanol and dried in vacuo at 60C. to yield 21.4g. of N,N'-heptamethylenebis(4- trifluoromethoxybenzamide), mp. 150-151C.

17. N,N '-Octamethylenebis(4-trifluoromethoxybenzamide) mp. 164-165C., 12.0 g., was prepared as in Example 16 using 4-trifluoromethoxybenzoyl chloride (from 16.5 g. of 4-trifluoromethoxybenzoic acid as in Example 16) in 150 ml. of ethylene dichloride, 7.2 g. of 1,8-octanediamine, 200 ml. of aqueous potassium hydroxide solution, 500 ml. of ethylene dichloride and recrystallization from methanol using decolorizing charcoal.

18. N,N '-Heptamethylenebis(4-trichloromethoxybenzamide) A solution containing 12.1 g. of 4-trichloromethoxybenzoyl chloride in 40 ml. of ethylene dichloride was added slowly with stirring to a mixture containing 2.7 g of 1,7-heptanediamine, 60 ml. of

l 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution arid 90 ml. of ethylene dichloride, said mixture cooled in an ice bath. Stirring and cooling of the mixture were continued for about 20 minutes after addition of the acid chloride. In order to facilitate filtration of the separated solid, sodium chloride was first added with little success and then a large amount of n-pentane was added with stirring. The solid was then collected, dried overnight in a vacuum oven at 60C. The solid was purified by first dissolving it in 300 ml. of chloroform, filtering the cloudy solution through infusorial earth, evaporating the chloroform solution to dryness, recrystallizing the remaining solid successively from acetonitrile and benzene, and drying in vacuo to yield 5.9 g. of N,N'- heptamethylenebis (4-trichloromethoxybenzamide), mp. 152153C. with decomposition.

l9. N,N'-Heptamethylenebis[4-(2-chloro-l ,1,2- trifluoroethoxy) benzamide] mp. 153-154C., 16.0 g., was prepared as in Example 16 using 4-(2- I 100 ml. of ethylene dichloride, the latter mixture being at 10% C. The reaction mixture was stirred while allowing its temperature to rise to room temperature (about 25-30C.) and was then stored at 5C. overnight (about 16 hours). The precipitated white solid was collected, washed well with water and dried to yield 12.2 g. of white needles. The filtrate was separated and the aqueous portion was extracted with one 100 ml. portion of ethylene dichloride. The extract was combined with the ethylene dichloride portion of the filtrate and the combined solution was dried successively over anhydrous sodium sulfate and anhydrous potassium carbonate. Removal of the solvent under reduced pressure left 2.6 g. of a pale yellow oil which completely crystallized on standing at room temperature. The 12.2 and 2.6 g. portions of crystalline product were combined and recrys- ,tallized from 95% ethanolbenzene and dried in vacuo nonanedione in 150 ml. of 95% ethanol was hydrogenated in the presence of Raney nickel catalyst, the initial pressure and temperature being 16 00 p.s.i. and 50C. and the final pressure and temperature being 340 p.s.i. and 18C. The reduction was completed in about 2 /zhours. The catalyst was filtered off and the filtrate distilled in vacuo to remove the solvent. The remaining oil was distilled under reduced pressure to yield an 18.1 g. fraction distilling at 83C. at 0.30.5 mm. A second vacuum distillation yielded. 16.2 g. of 2,8- nonanediamine, b.p. 64-68C. at 0.50-0.90 mm.

21. N,N'-[Methyliminobis(trimethylene)]bis(4- trifluoromethoxybenzamide) To a stirred mixture containing 2.5 g. of methyliminobis(npropylamine), 20 ml. of ethylene dichloride, 4.75 g. of anhydrous potassium chloride carbonate and 45 ml. of water cooled to about 5-10C. was added dropwise a solution containing 7.7 g. of 4-trifluoromethoxybenzoyl chloride in 20 ml. of ethylene dichloride. The reaction mixture was allowed to stand overnight in a refrigerator and then shaken well with chloroform. The chloroform extract was dried under anhydrous potassium carbonate, concentrated in vacuo to remove the chloroform and residue recrystallized from ethylene dichloride-nhexane to yield 5.4 g. of '[methyliminobis(trimethylene)]bis(4-trifluoromethoxybe nzamide), m.p. 1 10-1 1 1C.

22. N,N'-[Methyliminobis(trimethylene)]bis(N- methyl-4-trifluoromethoxybenzamide) 5.6 g. as a dark orange oil, was prepared as in Example 21 using 4.9 g of N,N'-dimethylmethyliminobis(di-n- 11 propylarninc), 50 ml. oi'ethylenc dichloride, 7.84 g. of potassium carbonate, 70 ml. of water, 13.2 g. of 4-trifluoromethoxybenzoyl chloride and 40 ml. of ethylene dichloride. The product was obtained by vacuum distillation of the chloroform from the dried chloroform extract.

23. N,N'-Oxybis(trime'thylene)bis(4-trifluoromethoxybenzamide) A solution containing 3.95 g.

of bis(3- aminopropyl) ether in 150 ml. of ethylene dichloride was combined with a solution containing 8.42 g. of anhydrous potassium carbonate in 100 ml. of water and the resulting mixture was chilled in an ice bath with stirring. To this chilled mixture at about C. was added dropwise with stirring over a period of 90 minutes a solution containing 13.5 g. of 4-trifluoromethoxybenzoyl chloride in 50 ml. of ethylene dichloride. The mixture was stirred for an additional 2 hours while allowing the reaction mixture to warm up to room temperature; it was then stored at 5C. for 48 hours. The precipitated solid was collected, washed well with water and dried to yield 12.1 g. of finely crystalline niaterial. The organic layer was separated from the filtrate and the aqueous layer extracted with ethylene dichloride. The extract was combined with the organic layer from the filtrate and the combined solution was extracted with brine, dried over anhydrous calcium sulfate and the solvent removed by vacuum distillation to yield 3.27 g. of colorless oilwhich crystallized at room temperature. The combined 12.1 and 3.27 g. of crystalline product was recrystallized from benzene and dried at 50C. at 18 hours at one-third atmosphere to yield 12.76 of 'oxybis(trimethylene)bis(4-trifluoromethoxybenzamide), m.p. 118.5-1 19.5C. (corr.).

24. Ethylene ketal of N,N-(4-oxoheptamethylene)- bis(4-trifluoromethoxybenzamide) m.p.

136.5-137.5C., 12.2 g., was prepared as in Example 20 using 36.3 g. of 4-trifluoromethoxybenzoyl chloride in 50 ml. of ethylene dichloride, 15.2 g. of the ethylene ketal of 1,7-diamino-4-heptanone, 23.4 g. of potassium carbonate, 300 ml. of ethylene dichloride, 150 ml. of water and recrystallization from benzene-n-hexane.

The intermediate ethylene ketal of 1,7-diamino-4- heptanone was prepared in two steps as follows. A suspension of 97.0 g. of potassium phtalimide in 300 ml.

dimethylformamide was stirred and heated on a steam bath. To this hot solution was added with stirring 59.8 g. of the ethylene ketal of 1,7-diehloro-4-heptanone in 300 ml. of dimethylformamide and the resulting mixture was heated with stirring for 5 hours. The hot reaction mixture was filtered and the filtrate evaporated in vacuo to remove the solvent. The residual solid was dissolved in chloroform and chloroform solution filtered. The solid obtained by filtering the hot reaction mixture was digested with 150 ml. of chloroform and the mixture filtered. The two chloroform filtrates were combined, washed with three 200 ml. portions of water, and then with brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and distilled in vacuo to remove the solvent. The remaining white crystalline solid was recrystallized from methanolchloroform to yield 79.6 g. of the ethylene ketal of N,N (4-oxoheptamethylene)bis(phthalimide), mp. 147148C. A solution containing 48.8 g. of N,N'-(4-oxoheptamethylene)- bis(phthalimide) in 300 ml. of 95% ethanol was stirred and heated on a steam bath and 12 g. of 85% hydrazine hydrate was added. In a few minutes the mixture became clear and the resulting solution was boiled under reflux for 2 hours. During the reaction a voluminous white precipi- I tate separated. About 200 ml. of water was added to dissolve the precipitate and most of the alcohol was removed by distillation under reduced pressure. The resulting solution was allowed to stand overnight (about 16 hours). The resulting white crystalline mass was warmed to room temperature water was added and the resulting mixture was extracted with four 100 ml. portions of methylene dichloride. The combined extracts were dried over anhydrous potassium carbonate and the solvent removed by distillation under reduced pressure to leave 15.5 g. of clear viscous liquid. The above aqueous portion was extracted with methylene dichloride, the extract dried over anhydrous potassium carbonate and heated in vacuo to remove the solvent, thereby yielding an additional 5.2 g. portion of clear.

viscous liquid. The 15.5 and 5.2 g. portions of liquid were combined and distilled under pressure to yield 14.6 g. of the ethylene ketal 1,7-diamino-4-heptanone, b.p. 104C. at 0.2 mm.

25. N,N-(4-Oxoheptamethylene)bis(4-trifluoromethoxybenzamide) A 23.5 g. portion of the ethylene ketal of N,N-(4-oxoheptamethylene)bis(4- trifluoromethoxybenzamide) was dissolved in 200 ml. of ethanol; 50 ml. of water and 50 ml. 6N hydrochloric acid were added; and the resulting mixture was refluxed for 2 hours. About ml. of ethanol was then distilled off and the remaining solution was filtered and allowed to cool to room temperature. The resulting precipitate was collected, washed successively with water and water-ethanol and dried at 70C. and onethird atmosphere for 4 hours to yield 18.0 g. of N,N- (4-oxoheptamethylene) bis(4-trifluoromethoxybenzamide), m.p. ISL-152C.

26. N,N'-(trans-l,4-cyclohexylenedimethylene)bis- (4-trifluoromethoxybenzamide) mp. 279280C., 8.8 g., was prepared as in Example 23 using 3.44 g. of trans-1,4-cyclohexanebis(methylamine) in 25 ml. of ethylene dichloride, 6.74 g. of potassium carbonate, 66 ml. of water, 10.85 g. of 4-trifluoromethoxybenzoyl chloride in 25 ml. of ethylene dichloride and successive recrystallizations from methanolbenzene and acetonitrile.

27. N,N'-l-leptamethylenebis(4-cyclohexyloxybenzamide) mp. 144-145C., 27.3 g., was prepared as in Example 1 using 4-cyclohexyloxybenzoyl chloride (from 42.0 g. of the corresponding acid as in Example 6) in 100 ml. of ethylene dichloride, 11.7 g. of 1,7- heptanediamine, 200 ml. of 10% potassium hydroxide solution, 500 ml. of ethylene dichloride and recrystallization from acetonitrile using decolorizing charcoal.

28. N,N'-Heptamethylenebis(4-phenoxybenzamide) m.p. l64-165C., 9.9 g., was prepared as in Example 23 using 12. g. of 4-phenoxybenzoyl chloride (from 16.0 g. of 4-phenoxybenzoic acid as in Example 6) in 20 ml. of ethylene dichloride, 3.8 g. of 1,7- heptanediamine, 40 ml. ofethylene dichloride, 6.9 g. of potassium carbonate, 63ml. of water and recrystallization from ethylene dichloride.

29. N,N-Heptamethylenebis[4-(Z-diethylaminoethoxyl)- benzamide] A mixture containing 14.8 of N,N'-heptamethylenbis (4-hydroxybenzamide), 16.3 g. of 2-diethylaminoethyl chloride, 20.7 g. of potassium carbonate and 500 ml. of isoamyl alcohol was heated at reflux for eight hours and then allowed to stand overnight (about 16 hours). To the reaction mixture was added ml. of water which dissolved the white precipitate. The entire reaction mixture was then evaporated to dryness in vacuo on a steam bath. To the remaining solid was added water; the mixture was stirred for 3 hours and then filtered. The solid was then recrystallized twice from acetonitrile using decolorizing charcoal each time and dried in a vacuum desiccator to yield 15.6 g. of N,N-heptamethylenebis[4-(2- diethylaminoethoxy)- benzamide], m.p. 130-131C.

The intermediate N,N'-heptamethylenebis(4- hydroxybenzamide) was prepared in several steps as follows. A mixture containing 354 g. of 4- hydroxybenzoic acid and 1000 g. of acetyl chloride was heated on a steam bath at reflux whereupon there seperated 4-acetoxybenzoic acid. To the mixture was added 500 g. of thionyl chloride and the resulting reaction mixture was heated at reflux until the solid dissolved and the solution was then allowed to stand overnight. The excess thionyl chloride was then removed by distillation. Ethylene dichloride was next added and removed by distilling in vacuo on a steam bath to yield, as an orange oil, 4-acetoxybenzoyl chloride. A solution containing 317 g. of 4-acetoxybenzoyl chloride in 500 ml. of ethylene dichloride was added slowly over a period of about 1 hour with stirring to a cooled mixture containing 100 g. of 1,7-heptanediamine, 100 ml. of aqueous potassium hydroxide solution and 1500 ml. of ethylene dichloride. The resulting precipitate was collected, dried and dissolved by heating with 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution. The alkaline solution was acidified with 6N hydrochloric acid and the resulting gummy precipitate was collected and dissolved in ethanol. The ethanol solution was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and the solvent removed by distilling in vacuo. The remaining yellow oil, which turned to a glassy material on cooling, was treated with acetic anhydride and the resulting mixture heated on a steam bath with stirring for 4 hours. The hot solution was then allowed to cool to room temperature. The resulting precipitate was collected and recrystallized twice from acetonitrile, using decolorizing charcoal during the first recrystallization, and dried in a vacuum oven to yield 72.7 g. of N,N-heptamethylenebis(4- acetoxyben zamide m.p. l 80-l81C A4015 g. portion of the N,N'-heptamethylenebis(4-acetoxybenzamide) was mixed with 400 ml. of 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution and the mixture heated for about 16 hours with stirring. The resulting solution was then allowed to cool and acidified with 3N hydrochloric acid. The resulting precipitate was collected and dried in a vacuum oven to yield 34.6 g. of N,N'- heptamethylenebis(4 -hydroxybenzamide), m.p. 179-181C.

30. N,N-Heptamethylenebis(4-cyclopentyloxybenzamine) m.p. 153-154C., 18.8 g., was prepared was prepared as in Example 1 using 18.8 of 4 methoxybenzoyl chloride; 7.1 g. of cis-l,4- bis(aminomethyl)cyclohexane, 200 ml. of 10% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution, 600 ml. of ethylene dichloride and recrystallization from acetic acid.

32. N,N-(trans-1,4-Cyclohexylenedimethylene)- A bis-(4-methoxybenzamide) m.p. 25 8260C., 16.5 g.,

was prepared as in Example 1 using 18.8 g. of 4- rnethoxybenzoyl chloride, 7.1 g. of trans-1,4-

bis(aminomethyl)cyclohexane, 200 ml. of 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution, 600 ml. of ethylene dichloride and recrystallization from acetic acid.

33. N,N-(1,4-Phenylenedimethylene)bis(4-methoxybenzamide) m.p. 249250C., 10.0 g.. was prepared as in Example 1 using 18.8 g. of 4-methoxybenzoly chloride, 6.6 g. of l.4-bis(aminomethyl)benzene, 200 ml. of 10% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution, 600 ml. of ethylene dichloride and recrystallization from acetic acid.

34. N,N'-Heptamethylenebis(4-trideuteromethoxybenzamide) To a stirred mixture containing 6.9 g. of 1,7-heptanediamine. 69 ml. of 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution and ml. of ethylene dichloride chilled in an ice bath was added dropwise over a period of 35 minutes a solution containing 18.5 g. of 4-trideuteromethoxybenzoyl chloride in 50 ml. of ethylene dichloride. The ice bath was removed and the reaction mixture containing a white solid precipitate was stirred for an additional 15 minutes. The solid was then collected by filtering through a sintered glass funnel, recrystallized from acetonitrile and air-dried to yield 14.8 g. of N,N-hetpamethylenebis( l-trideuteromethoxybenzamide), m.p. 156-159C. This compound chemically is the same as N,N'-heptamethylenebis(4- methoxybenzamide) of Example 3 except that it has heavy hydrogen atoms of mass 2, i.e., deuterium, in place of the six hydrogen atoms of the two 4-methoxy groups of said compound of Example 3 and biologically has the same applied use characteristics disclosed hereinabove; in fact, the compound of Example 34 has been found to have even a greater antifertility activity in female rats than the compound of Example 3.

The intermediate 4-trideuteromethoxybenzoyl chloride was prepared in several steps as follows. To a stirred mixture containing 4.9 g. of ethyl 4- hydroxybenzoate and 6.2 g. of anhydrous potassium carbonate in 65 ml. of acetone was added 5.0 g. of trideuteromethyl iodide and the resulting mixture was refluxed on a steam bath with stirring for 4% hours. The solid inorganic material was filtered off and rinsed with acetone. The combined filtrates were evaporated and the residual material was taken up in a mixture of water and chloroform. The resulting mixture was made strongly basic by ethyl aqueous potassium hydroxide solution, shaken well and the chloroform layer separated. The aqueous layer was extracted again with fresh chloroform. The combined chloroform extracts were dried over solid potassium carbonate, the mixture filtered and the filtrate evaporated in vacuo to yield a yellow oil which was distilled under reduced pressure to yield 4.4 g. of ethyl 4-trideuteromethoxybenzoate, b.p. 137 T40 C. at 15 mm.The ma spectral analysis of said ester confirmed that the methoxy groups were still fully deuterated. Another run starting with 19.6 g. of ehtyl 4-hydroxybenzoate, 15.0 g. of trideuteromethyl iodide, 24.8 g. of potassium carbonate and 260 ml. of acetone yielded 18.1 g. of ethyl 4-trideuteromethox- A mixture containing 20.9 g. of ethyl 4-trideuteromethoxybenzoate and 125ml. of 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution was refluxed on a steam bath for minutes, cooled and diluted with 375 ml. of water. The solution was filtered through a sintered glass funnel to remove some slight turbidity and the filtrate was acidified with stirring using 12N hydrochloric acid whereupon a white solid separated. After the mixture had been stirred for l S minute the solid was collected,

rinsed with a small quantity of water and dried in a vacuum oven at 60C. to yield 16.6 g. of 4- trideuteromethoxybenzoic acid, mp. 185-186C.

A mixture "containing 16.6 g. of 4- trideuteromethoxybenzoic acid and 166 ml. of thionyl chloride was stirred and heated on a steam bath for 90 minutes. Excess thionyl chloride was distilled off first at atmospheric pressure and then in vacuo. About 100 ml. of ethylene dichloride was added to the residue and the mixture evaporated in vacuo to remove last traces of thionly chloride. There was obtained a quantitative yield of 4-trideuteromethoxybenzoyl chloride as a pale yellow liquid.

35. N,N-Heptamethylenebis[4-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)benzamide] mp. 167-168C., 6.7 g., was prepared as in Example 1 using 8.7 g. of 4-(2,2,2- trifluoroethoxy)benzoyl chloride in 18 ml. of ethylene dichloride, 2.4 g. of 1,7-heptanediamine, 24 ml. of aqueous potassium hydroxide solution, 27 ml. of ethylene dichloride and recrystallization from acetonitrile.

The above intermediate 4-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)- benzoyl chloride was prepared in three steps as follows. A mixture containing 8.3 g. of ethyl hydroxybenzoate, 10.4 g. of anhydrous potassium carbonate, 12.6 g. of 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl iodide and 100 ml. of dimethylformamide was refluxed with stirring on a steam bath for 24 hours. The reaction mixture was filtered and the filtrate was evaporated in vacuo to remove the solvent. The solid-liquid residue was poured into water and a small quantity of 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution was added to make the mixture strongly basic. The mixture was then extracted with chloroform. The chloroform extracts were washed with water, dried over anhydrous potassium carbonate and evaporated in vacuo to remove the chloroform. The remaining oil crystallized on cooling to yield 10.8 g. of ethyl 4-(2,2,Z-trifluoroethoxy)benzoate.

A mixture containing 10.8 g. of ethyl 4-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)benzoate and 65 ml. of 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution was stirred while heating on a steam bath under a reflux condenser for 4 hours. The hot reaction solution was filtered through a fine sintered glass funnel to remove some turbidity. The filtrate was diluted with an equal volume of water and the resuling pale yellow solution was stirred and acidified with 6N of hydrochloric acid. The copious white precipitate was collected, washed with water and dried in a vacuum oven at 60C. to yield 8.3 g. of 4- (2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)benzoic acid, m.p. 199-201C.

A mixture of 8.2 g. of 4-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)- benzoic acid and 82 ml. of thionyl chloride was stirred and refluxed on a steam bath for 1 hour. The excess thionyl chloride was distilled off at atmospheric pressure and then at reduced pressure. About 50 ml. of ethylene dichloride was added and the solution evaporated in vacuo to yield 8.7 g. of 4-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)benzoyl chloride.

36. N,N-Heptamethylenebis[4-(2,2- dichlorovinyloxy)benzamide] mp. 144-145C., 27.8 g., was prepared as in Example 1 using 31.7 g. of 4-(2,2-dichlorovinyloxy)benzoyl chloride in 85 ml. of ehtylene dichloride, 7.8 g. of 1,7-heptanediamine, 85 ml. of 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution, 275 ml. of ehtylene dichloride and recrystallization from absolute ethanol.

The above intermediate 4-(2,2-dichl0rovinyloxy)- benzoyl chloride was prepared in three steps as follows.

A mixture containing 49.8 g. of ethyl 4- hydroxybenzoate. 600 ml. of dimethylformamide, 62.0 g. of potassium carbonate, 2.0 g. of potassium iodide and l,l,l,2-tetrachlorethane was heated on a steam bath with stirring for 72 hours. The inorganic solids were filtered off and washed with fresh dimethylformamide. The combined filtrate and washings were evaporated in vacuo and the remaining liquid residue was taken up with water and chloroform, aqueous potassium hydroxide solution was added to make the water layer strongly basic, the mixture was shaken well and the layers were separated. The aqueous layer was extracted with chloroform. The combined chloroform extracts were washed with water, stirred with anhydrous potassium carbonate and decolorizing charcoal, filtered and evaporated in vacuo to yield a pale yellow liquid. The liquid was distilled under reduced pressure to yield 55.2 g. ofethyl 4-(2,2-dichloroviny1oxy)benzoate, b.p. l74-176C. at 19 mm. A 22.7 g. portion of the ethyl 4-(2,2-dichlorovinyloxy)benzoate was redistilled at 15 mm. pressure through a 20 cm. vacuum jacketed Vigreux column insulated with glass wool and aluminum foil, thereby yielding a 19.7 g. fraction distilling at 180-182C. (15 mm.

A mixture containing 31.3g. of ethyl 4-(2,2- dichlorovinyloxy)benzoate and 180 ml. of 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution was stirred and heated on a steam bath for 2% hours. Thereaction mixture was then cooled in an ice bath, diluted with 180 ml. of water and the faintly turbid solution was filtered through a fine sintered glass funnel. The filtrate was stirred and acidified with 12N hydrochloric acid. Stirring was continued for fifteen minutes and the white solid precipitate was collected, washed with water and dried in a vacuum oven at 60C. to-yield 27.8 g. of 4- (2,2dichlorovinyloxy)benzoic acid, m.p. 131.5-133C.

A mixture containing 27.8 g. of 4-(2,2-

dichlorovinyloxy)benzoic acid and 278 ml. of thionyl chloride was stirred and refluxed on a steam bath for 3 hours. The excess thionyl chloride was distilled off, first at atmospheric pressure and then at reduced pressure. Ethylene dichloride was added to the liquid residue and the solution evaporated in vacuo to remove the ethylene dichloride and remaining traces of thionyl chloride. There was thus obtained a quantitative yield of 4-(2,2-dichlorovinyloxy)benzoyl chloride as a pale yellow, non-volatile liquid.

37. N,N'-heptamethylenebis(4-ally1oxybenzamide) mp. 152-153C., 21.4 g. was prepared as in Example 1 using 28.5 g. of 4-allyloxybenzoyl chloride in 65 ml. of ethylene dichloride, 9.4 g. of 1,7- heptanediamine, ml. of ethylene dichloride, 94 ml. of 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution and recrystallization from absolute ethanol.

The above intermediate 4-allyloxybenzoyl chloride was prepared in three steps as follows. A mixture containing 29.0 g. of allyl, bromide, 33.2 g. of ethyl 4- hydroxybenzoate, 41.4 g. of potassium carbonate and 400 ml. of dimethylformamide was stirred and heated on a steam bath for 18 hours. The reaction mixture was filtered and the filtrate evaporated in vacuo. The remaining residue was taken up in chloroform and water followed by addition of a few ml. of 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution to make the aqueous layer strongly basic. The mixture was shaken well and the layers separated. The aqueous layer was extracted with chloroform. The combined chloroform filtrate and extract were washed with water, stirred with anhydrous potassium carbonate and decolorizing charcoal, and evaporated in vacuo to yield a yellow liquid residue which was dissolved in ether. The ether solution was extracted with two 100 ml, portions of aqueous potassium hydroxide, stirred with anhydrous potassium carbonate and decolorizing charcoal, and evaporated in vacuo to yield 39.7 g. of ethyl 4-allyloxybenzoate.

A mixture containing 30 g. of ethyl 4- allyloxybenzoate and 180 ml. of aqueous potassium hydroxide solution was stirred and heated on a steam bath for 2% hours. The resulting reaction mixture was diluted with l volume of water and filtered through a sintered glass funnel. The filtrate was stirred and acidified with excess concentrated hydrochloric acid. More water was added in order to facilitate stirring. The copious white solid precipitate was collected and dried in a vacuum oven at 60C. to produce a quantitative yield of 4-allyloxybenzoic acid, mp. 163-164C. A mixture containing 29.9 g. of 4- allyloxybenzoic acid and 250 ml. of thionyl chloride was stirred and refluxed for 90 minutes and the excess thionyl chloride distilled off, first at atmospheric pressure and then at reduced pressure. Ethylene dichloride was added and the solution evaporated in vacuo to remove the ethylene dichloride and remaining traces of thionyl chloride to give a quantitative yield of 4- allyloxybenzoyl chloride.

38. N,N'-(2,2,4-Trimethylhexamethylene)bis(4- trifluoromethoxybenzamide) A solution containing 33.6 g. of 4-trifluoromethoxybenzoyl chloride in 100 ml. of ethylene dichloride was added slowly with stirring to a cooled mixture containing 7.9 g. of 2,2,4-

10 ride in 120 ml. of chloroform and the other containing 4.9 ml. of 35% sodium hydroxide solution and 40 ml. of water. After said solutions had been added, the reaction mixture was stirred while chilled in the ice bath for 1 hour and then stirred for 3 hours at room temperature. The solid was collected, slurried successively in water and n-hexane and dried at 60C. to yield 20 g. of N,N-heptamethylenebis( 3 ,5-dibenzyloxy-4- methoxybenzamide). mp. 206209C.

The above 3,5-dibenzyloxy-4methoxybenzoyl cH oride was prepared as follows. 70 g. of mem' 'i' 3,5-dihydroxy-4-methoxybenzoate was dissolved in 650 ml. of dimethylformamide, 157 g. of anhydrous potassium carbonate was added with stirring and the mixture heated to 140C. To the heated mixture was added with stirring over a period of 75 minutes 132 ml. of benzyl chloride maintaining a reaction temperature of about 140-145C. The reaction mixture was stirred for an additional 2 hours at this temperature, allowed to cool to about trimethyl-l,6-hexanediamine, 200 ml. of 10% sodium 3 mide), mp. 97-99%.

39. amide) mp. 136-138 and 154155C., 16.4 g., was prepared as in Example 1 using a solution of 18.8 g. of 4-methoxybenzoyl chloride in 100 ml. of ethylene dichloride, 11.3 g. of cystamine, [i.e., bis(B-aminoethyl)- disulfide] dihydrochloride, 300 ml. of 10% potassium hydroxide solution, 400 ml. of ethylene dichloride and recrystallization from acetonitrile using decolorizing charcoal.

40. N,N-(Dithiodiethylene)bis(4-trifluoromethoxybenzamide) mp. 150-151C., 14.5 g., was prepared as in Example 1 using 33.6 g. of 4-trifluoromethoxybenzoyl chloride in 100 ml. of ethylene dichloride. 11.3 g. of cystamine dihydrochloride, 300 ml. of 10% sodium hydroxide solution, 400 ml. of ethylene dichloride and recrystallization from acetonitrile using decolorizing charcoal.

41. N,N Diselenodiethylene )bis(4-trifluoromethoxybenzamide) m.p. 140-l42C., 11.1 g., was prepared as in Example 1 using a solution of 16.6 g. of 4-trifluoromethoxybenzoyl chloride in 50 ml. of ethyl- N,N -(Dithiodiethylene)bis(4-methoxybenzl 10C. and then the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure. 500 ml. of ethanol was added to the residue and was distilled off in vacuo; this step was repeated. Then 400 ml. of ethanol plus 300 ml. of 10% 5 aqueous sodium hydroxide solution was added and the mixture was refluxed with stirring for 4 hours and then allowed to stand for 3 days. The solvent was removed in vacuo and 1 liter of water was added to the residue. The mixture was washed with ether whereupon three layers resulted. The middle oily layer was separated .and acidified with acetic acid. The resulting crystalline precipitate was collected, washed well with water and dried in vacuo to yield 119 g. of 3,5-dibenzyloxy-4- methoxybenzoic acid, m.p. 16S170C. The l 19 g. of

3,5-dibenzyloxy-4-methoxybenzoic acid was mixed with 400 ml. of thionyl chloride, and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for about 10 minutes and then at reflux for 2% hours and allowed to stand overnight. The excess thionyl chloride was distilled off, the

final traces being removed in vacuo. About 250 ml. of

was collected, slurried again with n-hexane and then methoxybcnzamide) dried overnight in vacuo to yield 116 g. of 3,5-

dibenzyloxy-4-methoxybenzoyl chloride, mp. 124- 1 27C.

43. N,N'-Heptamethylenebis(3,5-dihydroxy-4- A mixture containing 14 g. of N,N'- heptamethylenebis(3,5-dibenzyloxy-4-methoxybenzamide), 300 ml. of

isopropyl alcohol and 1.2 g. of 10% palladium-on- 5 charcoal was catalytically hydrogenated at 50C. using 43 psi. of hydrogen and a hydrogenation period of five hours. The reaction mixture was filtered and the filtrate concentrated in vacuo to a volume of about ml. The resulting crystalline precipitate was collected, washed with cold isopropyl alcohol and then slurried in 200 ml.

of n-hexane for 1 hour to yield 6 g. of N,N- heptamethylenebis(3,5-dihydroxy-4- methoxybenzamide). m.p. l62-164C.

44. N,N'-(l,l,5-Trimethylheptamethylene)bis-(4- trifluoromethoxybenzamide) m.p. 82-85C., 8.57 g., was prepared as in Example 21 using 6.4 g. of l,1,5trimethyl-1,7-heptanediamine, ml. of ethylene -dichloride, 13.8 g. of anhydrous potassium carbonate,

- ice bath was added dropwise with stirring over a period of 2 hours a solution containing 46.5 g. of 3,8-dimethyl- 6-octenylamine in ml. of acetonitrile. The ice bath was removed and the solution was stirred at room temperature for about 90 minutes. The reaction mixture was poured into a solution containing 160 g. of sodium hydroxide in 1500 ml. of ice and water. The oily layer was separated from the heavier aqueous layer and the aqueous layer was extracted with ether. The oily layer was combined with the ether extract and the resulting solution was washed with brine, dried over anhydrous potassium carbonate, filtered and the filtrate concentrated in vacuo to remove the ether and to leave as a pale yellow, clear viscous oil, 24.4 g. ofN,-acetyl-1 ,1,5- trimethyl-l ,7-heptanediamine. A mixture containing 29.4 g. of N -acetyl-l,1,5-trimethyl-l,7- heptanediamine (5.0 g. obtained from another preparation carried out as above), 15 g. of potassium hydroxide and 130 ml. of ethylene glycol was boiled under reflux with stirring for 48 hours. The clear reaction solution was diluted with an equal volume of water and the mixture was continuously extracted with ether for 24 hours. The ether extract was dried over anhydrous potassium carbonate, filtered and the filtrate heated in vacuo to remove the ether. The remaining oil was distilled under reduced pressure to yield 18.8 g. of l,l,5- trimethyl-l ,7-heptanediamine, b.p. 63-76C. at 020-065 mm.

Following the procedure described in the above examples, eg. 1, 6, 16, 20, 23 and 29 using the appropriate reactants, preferably a 4-(Q'0)-benzoyl chloride and the appropriate diamine of the formula Ill, the following compounds are prepared.

45. N .N 'Decamethylenebix(4-trifluoromethoxybenzamide).

46. N,N-Heptamethylenebis[4-(2-butenyloxy)- benzamide]v 47. N.N-Heptamethylenebis(4-fluoromethoxybenzamide).

48. N,N-Heptamethylenebis(4-difluoromethoxybenzamide).

49. N.N'-Heptamethylenebis(4-dichloromethoxybenzamide).

50. N.N'-Heptamethylenebis[4-(1,122,2-

pentafluoroethoxy )benzam ide].

51. N.N'-Heptamethylenebis[4-( l ,1 .2,2- tctrafluorobutoxy)benzamide].

52. N,N'-Heptamcthylenebis[4-(2,2- dichlorovinyloxy )benzamide 53. N,N'-Heptamethylenebis[4-(1,2,2- tritluorovinyloxy )benzamide].

54., N,N'-Heptamethylenebisl4-(3,3-ditluoro-2- propenyloxy)benzamide].

55. N.N'-Heptamethylencbis[4-(4- dimethylaminobutoxy)benzztmide] by reacting N,N- heptamethylenebis(4-hydroxybenzamide with 4- dimethylaminobutyl chloride as in Example 29.

56. N,N-Heptamethylenebis[4-(3- piperidinopropoxy)-benzamide] by reacting N,N- heptamethylenebis(4-hydroxybenzamide) with 3- piperidinopropyl chloride as in Example 29.

57. N,N-Bis(4-trifluoromethoxybenzoyl )-l ,7- diaminoheptene-3.

58. N,N'-Bis(4-trifluoromethoxybenzoyl)-2-[2-(3- aminopropyl)cyclohexyl]ethylamine.

59. N,N-Bis(4-trifluoromethoxybenzoyl)-2-(3- aminocyclohexyl)ethylamine.

60. N,N'-Bis(4-trifluoromethoxybenzoyl)-l,4-bis(2- aminoethyl)benzene.

61. N,N'-Bis(4-methoxybenzoyl)-l,2-bis(3- aminopropyl)cyclopropane.

62. N,N-( l,1,5-Trimethylheptamethylene)bis(4- methoxybenzamide).

63. N,N'-(1,5-Dimethyloctamethylene)bis(4- trifluoromethoxybenzamide).

64. N,N-( l ,S-Dimethyloctamethylene )bis(4- methoxybenzamide).

65. N,N-Bis(4-trifluoromethoxybenzoyl )bis( 3- aminopropyl)sulfide.

66. N,N'-Bis(4-methoxybenzoyl)bis(3- aminopropyl)-sulfide.

67. N,N'-Bis(4-trifluoromethoxybenzoyl)bis(3- aminopropyl)sulfone.

68. N,N-Bis(4-methoxybenzoyl)bis(3-aminopropyl)-sulfoxide.

69. N,N'-[lminobis(trimethylene)lbis(4- methoxybenzamide).

70. N,N'-Heptamethylenebis(4-tribromomethoxybenzamide).

71. N,N-Heptamethy1enebis[4-(l,2,2,2-tetrafluoroethoxy)benzamide].

72. N,N'-Heptamethylenebis[4-( l .l,2,2-tetrafluoroethoxy)benzamide].

73. N,N'-(1-Methylheptamethylene)bis(4- methoxybenzamide).

74. N,N-( l ,S-Dimethylheptamethylene )bis(4- methoxybenzamide).

75. N,N'-Bis(4-methoxybenzoyl)-2-[2(3- aminobutyl)-cyclohexyl]ethylamine.

76. N,N'-Bis(4-methoxybenzoyl)-2-[2-(3- aminobutyl)-l-methylcyclohexyl]ethylamine.

77. N,N-Bis(4-methoxybenzoyl)-3-(4-amino-4- methylcyclohexyl)butylamine.

78. N,N'-Bis(4-methoxybenzoyl)-3-(4-amino-4- methylcyclohexyl)propylamine.

79. N,N-Bis(4-methoxybenzoyl)-3-(3-amino-3- methylcyclohexyl)propylamine.

O. N,N'-Bis(4-methoxybenzoyl)-3-(4 aminomethylcyclohexyl)-2-propylamine.

81. N,N'-Bis(4-methoxybenzoyl)-3-(4-aminomethyl- 3-methylcyclohexyl)-2-propylamine.

The intermediates used in the preparation of Examples 45-8l are either known or are readily prepared by known methods, e.g., those illustrated hereinabove in Examples 6, 16, 20, 29,34, 35, 36,37 and 44.

The following Examples 82-86 inclusive are presented for comparative purposes. The products of these five examples have found not to have the above-noted applied use characteristics possessed by the compounds of the invention.

82. N,N'Heptamethylenebis(3-methoxybenzamide) m.p. 109-112C., 8.9 g., was prepared as in Example using 3-methoxybenzoyl chloride (prepared from 38 g. of 3-methoxybenzoic acid as in Example 6) in 200 ml. of ethylene dichloride, 13.0 g. of 1,7- heptanediamine, 250 ml. of aqueous potassium hydroxide solution, 500 ml. of ethylene dichloride and recrystallization from acetonitrile.

83. N,N'-Heptamethylenebis(Z-methoxybenzamide) b.p. 300C. at 0.11 mm., 16.7 g. as a pale yellow viscous oil, was prepared as in Example 1 using 18.8 g. of 2-methoxybenzoyl chloride in 100 ml. of ethylene dichloride. 6.5 g. of 1,7-heptanediamine, 200 ml. of aqueous potassium hydroxide solution and 500 ml. of ethylene dichloride.

84. mide) m.p. l8ll82C., 25.8 g, was prepared as in Example 1 using 4-methylthiobenzoyl chloride (prepared from 31 g. of 4-methylthiobenzoic acid as in Ex ample 6) in 100 ml. of ethylene. dichloride, 11.9 g. of 1,7-heptanediamine, 200 ml. of 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution, 500 ml. of ethylene dichloride and recrystallization from acetic acid.

85. N,N-Heptamethylenebis(4-hydroxybenzamide) A mixture containing 22.0 g. of N,N' heptamethylenebis(4-acetoxyben2amide) and 200 ml. of 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution was refluxed with stirring until a solution was obtained and then continued for an additional thirty minutes. The solution was acidified with 6N hydrochloric acid and the white solid was collected by vacuum filtration. The white solid was dissolved in hot isopropyl alcohol and the hot solution filtered through infusorial earth. The filtrate was heated to boiling and water was added until slight turbidity persisted and the resulting solution was cooled in an ice bath. The separated white crystalline precipitate was collected, washed with water and dried in a vacuum oven at 100C. to yield 15.5 g. of N,N'- heptamethylenebis(4-hydroxybenzamide), m.p. 180-1 81C.

The above intermediate N,N'-heptamethylenebis(4- acetoxybenzamide) was prepared as follows. A solution containing 43.6 g. of 4-acetoxybenzoyl chloride in 300 ml. of ethylene dichloride was added gradually with stirring to a cooled mixture containing 13.0 g. of 1,7- heptanediamine, 400 ml. of 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution and 900 ml. of ethylene dichloride. The separated white solid was collected, recrystallized from acetonitrile and dried in a vacuum oven at 60C. to yield 22.1 g. of N,N-heptamethylenebis(4- acetoxybenzamide), m.p. l8l-l82C.

The intermediate 4-acetoxybenzoyl chloride was prepared as follows. A mixture containing 100 g. of 4- hydroxybenzoic acid and 300 ml. of acetyl chloride was heated on a steam bath for 3V2 hours. The excess acetyl chloride was distilled off by heating on the steam bath to yield a solid residue containing 4-acetoxybenzoic acid. To the residue was added 250 ml. of thionyl chloride and the mixture was heated with stirring on a steam bath until the residue dissolved and heating was continued for an additional minutes. The excess thionyl chloride was distilled off in vacuo and the residue was distilled under the vacuum ofa water pump to yield as a colorless liquid, 1 19.2 g. of 4-acetoxybenzoyl chloride, b.p. 172-174C. (at 15 mm.).

86. N.N'-Hexamethylenebis(4-hydroxybenzamide) A mixture containing 214 g. of phenyl 4- N,N '-Heptamethylenebis(4-rnethylthiobenza- I hydroxybenzoate, 128.2 g. of 1,6-hcxanediamine and 300 m1. of dimethylformamide was refluxed for 3 days and then poured intoa mixture containing 2500 ml. of ice and water. The mixture was made slightly acidic with 6N of hydrochloric acid and then was stirred and allowed to stand overnight. The resulting tan solid was collected by first decanting most of the water and then by filtration. The solid was recrystallized once from ethanol-water using decolorizing charcoal and then from methanol using decolorizing charcoal, and dried in vacuo at 60C. to yield 19.1 g. of N.N'- hexamethylenebis(4-hydroxybenzamide), m.p. 220222C.

87. N,N'-Heptamethylenebis(4-pentadeuteroethoxybenzamide) m.p. 151-l52C., 3.7 g., was prepared as in Example 1 using 7.6 g. of 4-pentadeuteroethoxybenzoyl chloride (from 6.4 g. of 4- pentadeuteroethoxy benzoic acid as in Example 6) in- 10 m1. of ethylene dichloride, 2.0 g. of l,7- heptanediamine, 20 ml. of 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution, 50 ml. of ethylene dichloride and recrystallization twice from ethanol.

The above intermediate 4-pentadeuteroethoxybenzoic acid was prepared as follows. To a stirred mixture containing 8.8 g. of ethyl 4-hydroxybenzoate, 11.0 g. of potassium carbonate, 0.5 g. of potassium iodide and 120 ml. of acetone was added 5.0 g. of pentadeuteroethyl bromide. The reaction mixture was refluxed on a steam bath under a condenser containing solid carbon dioxide for 7% hours and then allowed to stand overnight. The insoluble solids were filtered off and washed with fresh acetone. The combined filtrate and washings were evaporated to yield 11.3 g. of a liquid. The liquid was taken up in 50 ml. of ether and 50 ml. of water, the resulting mixture shaken well and the layers separated. The aqueous layer was extracted with ether. The combined ether solutions were washed with water and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered and evaporated in vacuo to yield 8.5 g. ofa colorless liquid. The liquid was dissolved in ether and the ether solution was extracted once with 50 ml. of aqueous potassium hydroxide solution, washed with water, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and evaporated in vacuo to yield 7.8 g. of ethyl 4-pentadeuteroethoxybenzoate which was mixed with 50 ml. of 10% potassium hydroxide solution and the resulting mixture heated with stirring on a steam bath for 3% hours. The hot reaction mixture was filtered and the filtrate acidified with stirring with 18 ml. of 6N hydrochloric acid. The mixture was diluted with water to facilitate stirring. The separate white precipitate was collected, washed with fresh water and dried in vacuo at C. to yield 6.4 g. of 4-pentadeuteroethoxybenzoic acid, m.p. l98-200C.

88. N,N'-(3-Heptene-l,7-diyl)bis(4- methoxybenzamide) m.p. 141-143C., 10.2 g., was prepared as in Example 21 using 8.37 g. of 3'heptene-1,7-diamine, 50 ml. of ethylene dichloride. 18.0 g. of potassium carbonate, 100 ml. of water, 22.4 g. of methoxybenzoyl chloride in 50 ml. ethylene dichloride and recrystallization from methanol.

89. N,N-Heptamethylenebis(4-tertbutoxybenzamide) To a solution containing 19.4 g. of 4-tert-butoxybenzoic acid dissolved in 250 ml. tetrahydrofuran was added 16.2 g. 1.1 carbonyldiimidazole and a resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes. To the solution was added a solution of 6.5 g. of 1,7-heptanediamine in 50 ml. tetrahydrofuran. The resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature for about 25 hours after which time a small quantity ofgrey solid was filtered off and washed with fresh tetrahydrofuran. The combined filtrate and washings were evaporated in vacuo and the resulting yellow syrupy residue was taken up in 50 ml. of ether. The ether solution was extracted with two 250 ml. portions of 5% potassium carbonate solution and then washed three times with 100 ml. portions of water. The ether solution was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. When the product began to crystallize out of the ether solution when being dried, more ether plus chloroform were added to dissolve the product and the sodium sulfate was filtered off. The ether and chloroform solution was evaporated in vacuo to remove the solvents and the remaining solid was recrystallized from acetonitrile using decolorizing charcoal to yield 1 1.4 g. N,N '-heptamethylenebis(4-tertbutoxybenzamide). m.p. 135-136C.

90. N,N'-Heptamethylenebis(4-difluoromethoxybenzamide) To a solution containing 15.6 g. of 4 difluoromethoxybenzoic acid was added 13.5 g. of 1,1 carbonyldiimidazole and the solution was stirred for 45 minutes at room temperature. To the solution was added with stirring 5.4 g. of 1,7-heptanediamine in 50 ml. of tetrahydrofuran. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 68 hours and then the slightly turbid reaction solution was filtered through a sintered glass funnel and the filtrate was evaporated in vacuo. The remaining white solid residue was dissolved in 400 ml. of chloroform and the chloroform solution was shaken well with 300 ml. of 5% potassium hydroxide solution whereupon a white gelatinous solid separated. The solid was collected, recrystallized from acetonitrile and then recrystallized from benzene to yield 10.6 g. of N.N-heptamethylenebis(4-dif1uoromethoxybenzamide), m.p. 138-139C.

91. NN -Heptamethylenebis(N-methyl-4trifluoromethoxybenamide) To a stirred and cooled solution containing 10.0 g. of N.N'-dimethyl 1,7-heptanediamine, 160 ml. of ethylene dichloride and 96 ml. of water was added simultaneously over a period of two hours 23 ml. of 35% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution in 100 ml. of water and 28.3 g. of 4-trifluoromethoxybenzoyl chloride. keeping the temperature of the reaction mixture between and C. using an ice bath. The ice bath was then removed and the reaction mixture was stirred for an additional 2 hours. The organic layer was separated; washed twice with water. once each with dilute hydrochloric acid, dilute sodium bicarbonate solution and water; dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate; and, concentrated in vacuo to remove the ethylene dichloride. The residual oily material was distilled under reduced pressure at 150C. and 0.4 mm. to yield, as a yellow viscous oil, 23.3 g. of N,N'-heptamethylenebis(N- methyl-4-trifluoromethoxybenzamide).

The intermediate N,N'-dimethyl-l ,7-heptanediamine was prepared as follows. To a mixture containing 24.4 g. of benzaldehyde. 15.0 g. of 1,7-heptanediamine and 115 m1. of benzene was stirred and heated to reflux in a flask fitted with a water separator. After 1 hour at reflux, 3.5 ml. of water had been removed. The benzene was then removed by distilling in vacuo and the residual N.N'-dibenzal-l,7-heptanediamine was dissolved in 150 ml. ofacetonitrile. To the acetonitrile solution was added 40.0 g. of methyl iodide in about 50 ml. ofacctonitrile and the resulting mixture was stirred and heated to eflux for 2% hours and then concentrated in vacuo to remove the acetonitrile, thereby leaving the residue containing N.N'-dibenzal-1.7-lieptanediamine dimethiodide. The residue was taken up in 250 ml. of aqueous ethanol and the mixture heated for 2 hours. The reaction mixture was allowed to cool and poured into 300 ml. of water and the resulting mixture evaporated in vacuo to remove the ethanol. The remaining water solution was washed with ether and then treated with about 2% volumes of 35% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution. The alkaline mixture was extracted twice with ether. The combined ether extracts were dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, concentrated in vacuo and distilled at 9910lC. at 10 mm. to yield 8.2 g. of N,N'-dimethyl-1,7-heptanediamine. The dihydrochloride of said diamine was prepared by treating a solution of the diamine in absolute ether with an excess of hydrogen chloride in ether and found to melt at 247248C. after two recrystallizations from absolute ethanol.

92. N,N-(cis-3-heptene-1,7-diy1)bis(4-trifluoromethoxybenzamide) A solution containing 9.86 g. of N,N-(3-heptyne-1,7-diyl)bis(4trifluoromethoxybenzamide) in ml. of ethanol and 5.0 ml. of pyridine was hydrogenated in a Parr shaker using 1.0 g. of palladium-on-barium sulfate using an initial pressure of hydrogen of 35.5 psi and taking about 40 minutes. The reaction mixture was filtered to remove the catalyst and the filtrate was concentrated in vacuo to remove the sulfate. The white crystalline solid residue was recrystallized from carbon tetrachloride using a small quantity of methanol to yield, as a white microcrystalline powder after drying in vacuo at 60C. for about 50 hours, 7.6 g. of N,N'-(cis-3-heptene-1,7-diyl)bis(4- trifluoromethoxybenzamide), m.p. 1 1 1-1 13C.

93. N,N'-Nonamethylenebis(4-trifluoromethoxybenzamide) m.p. 144-145C., 12.1 g., was prepared as in Example 1 using 24.6 g. of 4-trifluoromethoxybenzoyl chloride in 200 ml. ethylene dichloride, 7.9 g. of 1,9-nonanediamine, 60 ml. of 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution, 300 ml. of ethylene dichloride and recrystallization from acetonitrile.

94. N,N'-Pentamethylenebis(4-trifluoromethoxybenzamide) m.p. 154-155C., 13.8 g., was prepared as in Example 1 using 24.6 of 4-trifluoromethoxybenzoyl chloride in 200 ml. of ethylene dichloride, 5.1 g. of 1,5-pentanediamine, 60 ml. of 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution, 300 ml. ethylene dichloride and recrystallization from acetonitrile using decolorizing charcoal.

95. N,N'-Pentamethylenebis(3,4-methylenedioxybenzamide) m.p. 158160C., 7.9 g., was prepared as in Example 1 using 3,4-

methylenedioxybenzoyl chloride (from 16.8 g. of 3,4- methylenedioxybenzoic acid as in Example 6) in ml. of ethylene dichloride, 5.1 g. of 1,5- heptanediamine, 60 ml. of 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution, 300 m1. of ethylene dichloride and two recrystallizations from absolute ethanol using decolorizing charcoal during the first recrystallization.

96. N,N-Decamethylenebis(4-trifluoromethoxybenzamide) m.p. 154-155C., 13.2 g., was prepared as in Example 1 using 24.8 g. of 4-trifluoromethoxybenzoyl chloride in 150 m1. of ethylene dichloride, 8.6 g. of 1,10-decanediamine, 60 m1. of aqueous potassium hydroxide solution, 350 ml. of ethylene dichloride and recrystallization from ethanol using decolorizing charcoal.

97. N,N'-Decamethylenebis(4-methoxybenzamide) m.p. loll-C. 11.2 g., was prepared as in Example 1 using 18.8 g. of 4-methoxybenzoyl chloride in 150 m1. of ethylene dichloride. 18.6 g. of 1.10-

decanediamine. 150 ml. of aqueous potassium hydroxide'solution, 50 ml. of ethylene dichloride and recrystallization from ethanol using decolorizing charcoal.

98. N,N-Heptamethylenebis(N-ethyl-4- methoxybenzamide) b.p. 240250C. at 0.03 mm. as a viscous oil, 12.1 g., was obtained following the procedure described in Example 1 using 17.0 g. of 4- methoxybenzoyl chloride in 50 ml. of ethylene dichloride, 9.3 g. of N,N-diethyl-l,7-heptanediamine, 125 ml. of aqueous potassium hydroxide solution and 250 ml. of ethylene dichloride. The product was obtained by successively washing the ethylene dichloride reaction mixture with 100 ml. of 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution, 100 ml. of 0.6N hydrochloric acid and water; drying the solution with anhydrous magnesium sulfate and filtering off the drying agent; removing the ethylene dichloride by vacuum distillation; and then distilling the product under reduced pressure.

99. N.N'-Heptamethylenebis(N-ethyl-4-trifluoromethoxybenzamide) 26.0 g. as a pale yellow liquid, was prepared as in Example 1 using 22.5 g. of 4-trifluoromethoxybenzoyl chloride in 50 ml. of ethylene dichloride. 9.3 g. of N.N'-diethyl-l,7-heptanediamine, 125 ml. of 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution, and 250 ml. of ethylene dichloride. The product was isolated as in Example 98 by removing the ethylene dichloride from the washed and dried reaction mixture. The product thus obtained required no further purification by vacuum distillation.

100. N.N'-Undecamethylenebis(4- methoxybenzamide) m.p. l5015lC., 26.0 g., was prepared as in Example l using 37.6 g. of 4- methoxybenzoyl chloride in 100 ml. of ethylene dichloride. 18.6 g. of 1,1l-undecanediamine, 300 ml. of 10% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution, 400 ml. of ethylene dichloride and recrystallization from 1500 ml. of acetonitrile using deco'lorizing charcoal.

101 N.N '-(3-Heptynel ,7-diyl )bis(4-trifluorometlioxybenzamide) To a cooled lOC.) mixture containing 11.0 g. of 3-heptyne-l,7diamine, 27.6 g. of anhydrous potassium carbonate, 100 ml. of ethylene dichloride was added dropwise with stirring a solution containing 36.4 g. of 4-trifluor0methoxybenzoyl fluoride in 50 ml. of ethylene dichloride and stirring of the reaction mixture was continued for 2 hours, the second hour being at room temperature. The precipitate was collected, washed well with water, dried in vacuo at 40C. and then recrystallized from ethylene dichloride to yield 29.2 g. of white crystalline N,N'-(3-heptyne- 1,7-diyl)bis(4-trifluoromethoxybenzamide). m.p. 153-1 54C.

The above intermediate 3-heptyne-l,7-diamine was prepared in four steps starting with 5-chl0ro-l-pentyne as follows. To a slurry of 0.15 g. of ferric nitrate nonahydrate in 500 ml. of liquid ammonia was added in portions with stirring 3.82 g. of lithium. To the resulting stirred suspension was added dropwise a solution of 5 1.3 g. of 5-chloro-l-pentyne and 50 ml. of anhydrous ether over a period of 1 hour. The stirring was continued for 30 minutes after the addition had been completed. To the resulting stirred slurry was added 50 ml. ofethylene oxide in 1 portion and stirring at reflux was continued for 8 hours. Two hundred ml. of ether was added followed by an excess of aqueous ammonium chloride solution. The ammonia was allowed to boil off and the layers separated. The distilled aqueous layer was extracted with three 75 ml. portions of ether and the combined ether extracts were washed with brine and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The ether was removed from the dried solution and the remaining yellow oil was distilled under reduced pressure to yeild 35.4 g. of 7-chloro-3-heptyne-l-ol, b.p. 76-77C. at 0.05 mm.

A 47.5 g. portion of 4-toluenesulphonyl chloride was added to 26 ml. of pyridine, warming the mixture to C. to effect the solution and the solution was then cooled rapidly to 15C. To the stirred solution maintained between 15 and 20C. was added dropwise over a period of minutes with stirring 35.4 g. of 7-chloro-3-heptyne-l-ol. The mixture was then stirred at room temperature for 2 hours and allowed to stand at room temperature for about 18 hours. To the reaction mixture was added ml. ofwater and the mixture was poured into a mixture of 400 ml. of ice and water. The resulting mixture was extracted with 5 100 ml. portions of ether. The combined ether extracts were washed successively with 1% cold hydrochloric acid, 5% aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution, and then dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. Removal of the ether by vacuum distillation yielded as a clear colorless oil 64.8 g. of 7-chloro-3-heptyne-l-yl 4-toluenesulphonate.

A mixture of 30.0 g. of the 7-chloro-3-heptyne-l-yl 4-toluenesulphonate, 37.1 g. of potassium phthalimide, 150 ml. of dimethylformamide and 0.5 g. of sodium iodide was stirred at room temperature for 30 hours and then at 105C. for 4 hours. The solvent was removed by vacuum distillation and the remaining solid was treated with 250 ml. of water in 150 ml. of ether. The mixture was shaken well and the remaining white crystalline solid was collected, washed successively with water and ether, and dried at C. at one-third an atmosphere for 18 hours to yield 33.0 g. of N,N-(3-heptyne-l,7- diyl)bis(phthalimide), mp. 110-115C. Recrystallization from 95% ethanol yielded 29.2 g. ofthe product, m.p. ll6l 17C.

A mixture containing 49.0 g. of N,N'-(3-heptyne-l ,7- diyl)bis(phthalimide), 17 g. of hydrazine hydrate and 400 ml. of ethanol was boiled under reflux for 3 hours and 15 minutes. The ethanol was distilled off under reduced pressure and 300 m1. of water was added. The aqueous solution was made basic with 10 aqueous hydroxide solution and the resulting basic solution was continuously extracted with methylene dichloride for 3% hours. The extract was dried over anhydrous potassium carbonate and the solvent removed by distilling in vacuo to yield, as a pale yellow oil, 11.23 g. of 3-heptyne-L7-diamine.

102. N,N,N"-( l ,4,7-Heptamethylene )tris(4-tri' fluoromethoxybenzaine) A solution containing 2.1 g. of 1,4,7-heptanetriamine in 25 ml. of ethylene dichloride was added to a solution of 6.9 g. of potassium carbonate in 50 ml. of water. The mixture was stirred and cooled to 5C. in an ice bath and then was added dropwise thereto to a solution of 9.05 g. of 4-trifluoromethoxybenzoyl fluoride in 25ml. of ethylene dichloride. The resulting mixture containing a voluminous white precipitate was stirred for 15 minutes at 5C. and then for 30 minutes at room temperature. The white precipitate was collected, washed well with water, dried at 50C. for 18 hours at one-third atmosphere and then recrystallized from 200 ml. of 95% ethanol and dried as before to yield 3.20 g. of N.N',N"-( 1.4.7- heptamethylene)tris(4-trifluoromethoxybenzamidel, m.p. 234-235C.

The above intermediate 1,4.7-heptanetriamine was prepared in two steps as follows. A solution containing 14.3 g. of 1.4.7-tribromoheptane in 20 ml. of dimethylformamide was added dropwise to a stirred, heated (on a steam bath) suspension of 18.5 g. of potassium phthalimide in 50 m1. of dimethylformamide. After the addition had been completed, the reaction mixture was heated on a steam bath with stirring for 3% hours. The reaction mixture was filtered and the filtrate heated in vacuo to remove most of the dimethylformamide. To the residue was added 100 ml. of water and the mixture was extracted with 2 75 ml. portions of chloroform. The combined extracts were washed with brine. dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and the chloroform distilled off in vacuo leaving a viscous oil which contained some dimethylformamide. To the oil was added 150 ml. of ethanol and the mixutre was heated to boiling and allowed to cool whereupon a white crystalline precipitate separated. The precipitate was collected and dried to-yield 11.0 g. of N,N',N"-(1,4,7-heptame' thylene)trisphthalimide, m.p. 187189C.

A mixture containing 11.0 g. of N,N',N"-(1,4,7- heptamethylene)trisphthalimide. 4.2 g. of 85% hydrazine hydrate and 100 ml. of 95% ethanol was boiled under reflux for 6 hours. Most of the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure and the residue was made strongly basic with 10% sodium hydroxide solution. The alkaline solution was continuously extracted with methylene dichloride for hours. The extract was dried over anhydrous potassium carbonate and the solvent distilled off under reduced pressure leaving, as a clear viscous oil. 2.1 g. of 1.4.7-heptanetriamine.

103. N.N-Heptamethylenebis[4-(Z-methoxyethoxy)benzamide] To a solution containing 11.7 g. of 4-(2-methoxyethoxy)benzoic acid in 150 ml. of tetrahydrofuran was added 9.8 g. of 1,1 carbonyldiimidazole and the resulting solution was stirred at room temperature for 45 minutes. To the solution was added 3.9 g. of 1,7-heptanediamine with ml. of tetrahydrofuran. A white gummy material formed instantly. thereby stopping the stirrer. To the mixture was added 50 ml. more of tetrahydrofuran and a gummy material was broken up with a spatula so that stirring could be resumed. The mixture was then stirred for 18 hours at room temperature and then 7.5 g. ofa white solid was collected. The filtrate was evaporated to dryness and solid white residue plus the above 7 g. of white solid were taken up in 250 ml. of chloroform and the resulting turbid solution was filtered through a sintered funnel. The filtrate was washed successively with 250 ml. of5 aqueous potassium bicarbonate solution and 150 ml. of 1N hydrochloric acid. The chloroform solution was then dried over anhydrous potassium carbonate and the chloroform evaporated in vacuo to yield a white solid which was recrystallized from absolute ethanol to yeild 7.1 g. of N,N'- heptamethylenebis[4-(2-methoxyethoxy)-benzamide], m.p.140-141C.

The intermediate 4-(2-methoxyethoxy)benzoic acid was prepared as follows. To a solution containing 9.0 g. of silver nitrate in 55 ml. of water was added with stirring a solution containing 2.3 g. of sodium hydroxide in 25 m1. of water. The mixture was stirred for 5 minutes and the precipitated silver oxide was collected, washed well with fresh water and transferred to a 500 ml. round bottom 3-neck flask equipped with a stirrer and covered with 125 ml. of water. To the mixture was added 10 g. of sodium hydroxide and the resulting mixture stirred well. The mixture was warmed on a water bath to about 55C. and to it was added 10.0 g. of 4-(2- methoxyethoxy)benzaldehyde and the mixture was stirred rapidly for 30 minutes at 50-60C. The warm reaction mixture was filtered and the solid washed with a small quantity of boiling water. The combined filtrates were acidified with 6N hydrochloric acid and the resulting white precipitate was collected after stirring the mixture well. The white solid was washed with water. air-dried. recrystallized from 55 ml. of 7r ethanol and air-dried to yield 6.1 g. of 4 (2-mcthoxyethoxy)benzoic acid. mp. 153155C.

104. N.N-[4- Methoxybenzoyliminobis(trimethylenc ]bis(4- methoxybenzamide) m.p. 1 17-1 19C.. 5.0 g.. was prepared as in Example 102 using 4.92 g. of imino bis(propylamine). m1. of ethylene dichloride. 10.4 g. of anhydrous potassium carbonate. 90 ml. of water. 12.8 g. of 4-methoxybenzoyl chloride in 100 ml. ofethylene dichloride and two recrystallizations from chloroformethyl acetate.

105. N,N'-Dodecamethylenebis(4-trifluoromethoxybenzamide) mp. 158-159C., 11.3 g., was prepared as in Example 1 using 24.8 g. of 4-trifluoromethoxybenzoyl chloride in 150 ml. of ethylene dichloride, 10.0 g. of 1.12-dodecanediamine, 60 ml. of 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution, 350 m1. of ethylene dichloride and recrystallization twice from ethanol and once from isopropyl alcohol.

106. N,N'-Dodecamethylenebis(4- methoxybenzamide) m.p. 169-170C., 8.6 g., was prepared as in Example 1 using 18.8 g. of 4- methoxybenzoyl chloride in 150 m1. of ethylene dichloride, 10.0 g. of 1,12-dodecanediamine, 60 ml. of 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution. 350 ml. of ethylene dichloride, and recrystallization once from acetic acid-water and once from dioxane.

107. N,N'-Undecamethylenebis(4-trifluoromethoxybenzamide) m.p. 141.5142.5C., 22.2 g., was prepared as in Example 1 using 24.8 g. of 4-trifluoromethoxybenzoyl chloride in 100 m1. of ethylene dichloride, 9.3 g. of 1,1l-undecanediamine, ml. of 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution, 400 m1. of ethylene dichloride and recrystallization from acetonitrile.

108. N,N'-Heptamethy1enebis(4-cyclopropyloxybenzamide) To a solution containing 17.4 g. of 4 cyclopropyloxybenzoic acid in 100 ml. of tetrahydrofuran was added 16.2 g. of l.l'-carbonyldiimidazo1e and the resulting solution was stirred at room temperature for 45 minutes. To the stirred solution was then added a solution of 6.4 g. of 1,7-heptanediamine in 75 ml. tetrahydrofuran whereupon a gummy white solid precipitated. In order to facilitate stirring an additional 100 ml. of tetrahydrofuran was added and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 24 hours. The white solid was collected, washed with tetrahydrofuran and air-dried. The filtrate was evaporated in vacuo to yield a larger quantity of white solid which was dissolved in 300 m1. of chloroform. The above air-dried solid was shaken with 200 m1. of chloroform and an insoluble material was filtered off. The combined chloroform solutions were washed five times with 250 ml. portions of water, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and evaporated in vacuo to yield 27.1 g. of solid. The solid was recrystallized from 750 m1. of acetonitrile. dried in a vacuum oven at 50C. to yield 16.7 g. of N.N- heptamethy1enebis(4-cyclopropy1oxybenzamide), mp 158159C.

The intermediate t-cyclopropyloxybenzoic acid was prepared as follows. A 66.5 g. portion of ethyl 4- hydroxybenzoate was dissolved in 800 ml. of dimethylformamide and to the solution was added 83.0 g. of anhydrous potassium carbonate and g. of potassium iodide. To the resulting stirred suspension was added 60.5 g. of cyclopropyl bromide. The stirred reaction mixture was refluxed for 6 days and the hot reaction mixture was filtered to remove the inorganic solids which were washed well with dimethylformamide. The combined filtrate and dimethylformamide washings were evaporated in vacuo and the remaining liquidsolid residue was taken up in a mixture of 500 ml. of water and 500 ml. of ether. The resulting mixture was shaken well and the layers were separated. The aqueous layer was extracted with 200 ml. of ether. The combined ether solutions were washed successively with 2 250 ml. portions of aqueous potassium hydroxide solution, next with 200 m1. 0.5N hydrochloric acid and then with 2 100 ml. portions of water. The ether solution was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and the ether removed in vacuo to yield, as an amber liquid, 36.2 g. of ethyl 4-cyclopropyloxybenzoate.

A mixture containing 33.6 g. of ethyl 4-cyclopropyloxybenzoat'e and 330 ml. of 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution was stirred and heated on a steam bath for 2 /2 hours and then allowed to stand overnight at room temperature. The solution was filtered through infusorial earth to remove some turbidity and the filtrate was acidified with 2N hydrochloric acid with stirring. An additional 300-400 ml. of water was added to facilitate stirring. The white solid was collected. washed with a small quantity of water, sucked dry, recrystallized from 185 ml. of acetonitrile and dried in a vacuum oven at 50Cfto yield 17.4 g. of 4- cyclopropyloxybenzoic acid, m.p. l53l55C.

109. N,N'-(trans-3-heptene-1,7-diyl)bis(4- trifluoromethoxybenzamide) mp. 136-137C., 9.9 g., was prepared as in Example 20 using 33.8 g. of 4trifluoromethoxybenzoyl chloride in 50 ml. of ethylene dichloride, 9.6 g. of trans-3-heptene-l,7-diamine, 21 g. of anhydrous potassium carbonate, 150 ml. of ethylene dichloride, 150 ml. of water and recrystallization from carbon tetrachloride.

The intermediate trans-3-heptene-l,7-diamine was prepared as follows. A 6.9 g. portion of sodium was dissolved with stirring in 200 ml. ofliquid ammonia which had been distilled from sodium. To this stirred blue solution was added 12.6 g. of 3-heptyne-l,7-diamine dropwise over a period of minutes. The solution was stirred at 33C. for two hours and the excess sodium was destroyed by careful dropwise addition of concentrated ammonium hydroxide. The ammonia was allowed to distill off overnight. The resulting white solid was dissolved in ml. of concentrated ammonium hydroxide and 80 ml. of water. The solution was extracted with four 50 ml. portions of n-butanol and the combined extracts were dried over 2 successive portions of anhydrous potassium carbonate. Most of the solvent was removed by fractional distillation at atmospheric pressure and the remaining material was distilled under reduced pressure to yield 9.63 g. of trans-3-heptene- 1,7-diamine, b.p. l10-l13C. at 18 mm.

1 10. N,N'-l-leptamethylenebis(4- cyclobutyloxybenzamide) A 10.6 g portion of 4-cyclobutyloxybenzoic acid was dissolved in 95 ml. of tetrahydrofuran at room temperature and to the solution was added 8.9 g. of 1,1 -carbonyldiimidazole. The

resulting solution was stirred at room temperature for 45 minutes and to it was then added 3.5 g. of 1,7-

heptanediamine in 15 ml. of tetrahydrofuran. A white precipitate separated immediately; the resulting mixture was stirred'for 24 hours and then allowed to stand at room temperature for 42 hours. The resulting white solid was collected, rinsed with tetrahydrofuran. airdried and recrystallized from 400 ml. of ethanolacetonitrile (:30). The resulting white solid was dried in a vacuum oven to yield 10.7 g. of N,N'- heptamethylenebis(4-cyclobutyloxybenzamidel, mp. 183-184C.

'The intermediate 4-cyclobutyloxybenzoic acid was prepared following the procedure described in Example 108 for the preparation of the corresponding 4- cyclopropyloxybenzoic acid using 25 g. of ethyl 4- hydroxybenzamide, 23.1 g. of cyclobutyl bromide, 31 g. of anhydrous potassium carbonate, 2.5 g. of potassium iodide and 300 ml. of dimethylformamide to yield 20.1 g. of ethyl 4-cyclobutyloxybenzoate, which was then hydrolyzed by heating with 200 ml. of 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution as in Example 108 to yield 12.7 g. of 4-cyclobutyloxybenzoic acid, m.p. 192-195C. after recrystallization from 400 ml. of acetonitrile.

111. N,N'-( l -Methylheptamethylene)bis(4- trifluoromethoxybenzamide) mp. 137-138C., 15.1 g., was prepared as in Example 20 using 18.7 g. of 4-trifluoromethoxybenzoyl fluoride in 50 ml. of ethylene dichloride, 6.0 g. of 1,7-octanediamine in ml. of ethylene dichloride, 13.8 g. of anhydrous potassium carbonate, and recrystallization from chloroform.

l 12. Heptamethylenebis(N-methyl-4-dilluoromethoxybenzamide) A mixture containing ml. of 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution, 9.5 g. of N,N'-dimethyl-l,7-heptanediamine and 250 ml. of ethylene dichloride was stirred and cooled in an ice bath. To said stirred mixture was added dropwise with stirring over a period of seventy minutes a solution containing 27.9 g. of 4-difluoromethoxybenzoyl chloride in 50 ml. of ethylene dichloride. The ice bath was then removed and the mixture stirred at room temperature for eighteen hours. The layers were separated and the aqueous layer was extracted with a small amount of ethylene dichloride. The combined ethylene dichloride solutions were washed successively with 50 ml. of 1% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution, 50 ml. of 0.6N hydrochloric acid and two 100 ml. portions of water. The washed ethylene dichloride solution was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and evaporated in vacuo to remove the solvent and thereby yielding, as a viscous amber liquid, 30.3 g. of heptamethylenebis(N-methyl- 4-difluoromethoxybenzamide).

113. N,N'-Heptamethylenebis(N-ethyl-4- difluoromethoxybenzamide) 14.3 g., as a pale yellow viscous syrup, was prepared following the procedure described in Example 112 using 5.5 g. of N,N'- diethyl-l,7-heptanediamine, 75 ml. of 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution, 150 ml. of ethylene dichloride and 14.4 g. of 4-difluoromethoxybenzoyl chloride in 30 ml. of ethylene dichloride.

The intermediate N,N'-diethyl-l,7-heptanediamine was prepared as follows. A mixture containing 45.0 g. of 1,7-heptanediamine, 74.2 g. of benzaldehyde and 450 m1. of benzene was refluxed with stirring on a steam bath, and the water which was evolved was collected in a continuous separator. After 1 hour, evolution of the water ceased and a total of 1 1.6 ml. was collected. The reaction mixture was allowed to stand overnight, a few drops of an antifoam agent (Dow Corning Antifoam Q) was added and the solution was evaporated to remove the solvent. The syrupy residue was taken up in 450 ml. of acetonitrile, 136 g. of ethyl iodide was added and the resulting reaction mixture was refluxed with stirring on a steam bath. After 22 hours of refluxing, an additional 50 g. of ethyl iodide was added and refluxing continued for a total of 72 hours. The reaction mixture was evaporated in vacuo. The residue was taken up in 800 ml. of 75percent ethanol and the solution refluxed on a steam bath with stirring. After 3% hours the reaction mixture was poured into 900 ml. of water and evaporated in vacuo to remove the ethanol. The residual material was cooled in an ice bath, washed twice with ether and then treated carefully with 2000 ml. of 35% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution whereupon the desired diamine separated as an oil. The diamine was extracted from the mixture with 2 600 ml. portions of ether. The combined extracts were dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and the ether removed by distilling in vacuo. The residual material was distilled under reduced pressure to yield 40.2 g. of N,N'-diethyl-l,7-heptanediamine, b.p. l28134C. at 12 mm.

1 14. N,N'-Heptamethylenebis(N-n1propyl-4- trifluoromethoxybenzamide) 17.4 g., as a nearly colorless viscous liquid, was prepared following the procedure described in Example 112 using 6.4 g. of N,N'-din-propyl-l,7-heptanediamine, 90 ml. of aqueous potassium hydroxide solution, 140 ml. of ethylene dichloride and 15.7 g. of 4-trifluoromethoxybenzoyl chloride in 40 ml. of ethylene dichloride.

The intermediate N,N '-di-n-propyl-l ,7- heptanediamine was prepared as follows. To a solution containing 43.5 g. of pyridine in 600 ml. of benzene cooled in an ice bath was added dropwise over a period often minutes 51.0 g. vpropionyl chloride. To the resulting stirred and cooled solution was added dropwise over a period of 30 minutes 32.5 g. of 1,7- heptanediamine. After the ice bath was removed, the reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 20 hours and then filtered to remove a pale yellow solid. The filtrate was evaporated in vacuo. The residual material was combined with the pale yellow solid and the mixture was shaken well with a mixture of 500 ml. of chloroform, 500 ml. of water and 10 ml. of 12N hydrochloric acid. The layers were separated and the acidic aqueous layer was extracted with 4 150 ml. portions of chloroform. The combined chloroform extracts were dried over anhydrous potassium carbonate/When the solid separated from the chloroform solution, an additional 750 ml. of chloroform was added. The mixture was heated to boiling and filtered through a sintered glass funnel. The chloroform solution was evaporated in vacuo and the solid residue was recrystallized from 250 ml. of acetonitrile and dried in a vacuum oven at 50C. to yield 43.1 g. of heptamethylenebis(- ml. of tetrahydrofuran. The reaction mixture was then refluxed with stirring for 5 hours and then allowed to stand overnight at room temperature. The reaction mixture was reheated to reflux with stirring and to it was added 250 ml. of tetrahydrofuran followed by dropwise addition of 35 ml. of saturated aqueous sodium potassium tartrate over a period of 45 minutes. Stirring and refluxing were continued for 3 hours; then the mixture was cooled and filtered. The filtrate cake was washed with fresh tetrahydrofuran and the combined filtrates were evaporated in vacuo to yield a solid-liquid mixture. The solid was filtered off and the filtrate was distilled under reduced pressure to yield a 14.2 g. fraction of N,N-di-n-propyl-l ,7- heptanediamine, b.p. l38-142C. at 8 mm.

1 15. N,N'-Heptamethylenebis(N-n-propyl-4- difluoromethoxybenzamide) 17.9 g., as a pale yellow viscous liquid, was prepared as in Example 1 12 using 7.8 g. of N,N'-di-n-propyl-l,7-heptanediamine, ml. of 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution, 160 ml. of ethylene dichloride and 16.5 g. of 4- difluoromethoxybenzoyl chloride in 40 ml. of ethylene dichloride.

116. N,N'-(trans-3-heptene-l ,7-diyl)bis(4- difluoromethoxybenzamide) A 25.7 g. portion of4-difluoromethoxybenzoic acid was dissolved in 100 ml. of thionyl chloride and the solution was boiled under reflux for 4 /hours. Most of the excess thionyl chloride was distilled off at atmospheric pressure and the last traces of it were removed by codistillation with ethylene dichloride under reduced pressure leaving 30.2 g. of 4-difluoromethoxybenzoyl chloride. To a stirred and cooled (in an ice bath) mixture of 8.6 g. of trans-3-heptene-1,7-diamine, 100 ml. of ethylene dichloride and 100 ml. of 10% aqueous potassium carbonate solution was added dropwise a solution of 30.2 g. of 4-difluoromethoxybenzoyl chloride in 50 ml. of ethylene dichloride. The reaction mixture was stirred for 1 hour at 5C., 2 hours at room temperature and then allowedto stand at room temperature over the weekend. The white precipitate was collected, washed with water, dried in-vacuo (/8 atmosphere) for 4 hours, recrystallized once from chloroform containing a small amount of methanol, recrystallized a second time from acetonitrile and dried at 50C. and /:i atmosphere for 22 hours to yield 20.0 g. of N,N-(trans-3-heptene-l ,7-

diyl)bis(4-difluoromethoxybenzamide), mp. 122-123C.

117. N,N-Diethyl-N,N'-(trans-3-heptene-1,7-

diyl)bis(4-trifluoromethoxybenzamide) A solution containing 20.2 g. of 4-trifluoromethoxybenzoyl chloride in 50 ml. of ethylene dichloride was added dropwise over a period of 2 hours with stirring to a cooled mixture of 8.0 g. of N,N-diethyl-trans-3-heptene-l,7-diamine, 13.8 g. of anhydrous potassium carbonate, 100 ml. of ethylene dichloride and 100 ml. of water. The reaction mixture was then stirred at room temperature for 3% hours and the layers separated. The organic layer was shaken with brine, dried over anhydrous potassium carbonate and distilled under reduced pressure to remove the solvent and to leave a pale yellow viscous oil, which still showed a positive test for halogen. The oil was dissolved in ml. of ether; the ether solution was shaken successively with 100 ml. of cold 0.5N hydrochloric acid, 50 ml. of 10% aqueous potassium carbonate solution and saturated brine, and then dried over anhydrous potassium carbonate. Decolorizing charcoal was added during the drying step and the mixture was filtered. The filtrate was distilled in vacuo to remove the solvent. The remaining oil still showed a positive test for halogen and was again dissolved in ether. The ether solution was stirred for 2 hours with an aqueous solution containing 7.5 g. of glycine and 13.8 g. of aqueous potassium carbonate. The layers were separated and the organic layer was shaken with saturated brine and then dried over aqueous potassium carbonate. The solvent was distilled off in vacuo and the remaining viscous oil was dissolved in ether containing 5% methanol and the solution was filtered through a mixture of 25 g. of silica gel and 10 g. of decolorizing charcoal. The solvent was distilled off in vacuo and the remaining oil was stirred for 4% hours under high vacuum (0.05 mm.) while heating in a water bath kept at 6070C. to yield, as a viscous oil, 18.8 g. of N,N-diethyl-N,N-(trans-3- heptene-l ,7-diyl)bis(4-trifluoromethoxybenzamide The intermediate N,N-diethyl-trans-3-heptene-l,7- diamine was prepared in two steps as follows. To 100 ml. of pyridine cooled to C. (in an ice-salt bath) was added dropwise with stirring 35.8 g. of acetic anhydride. To the cooled stirred solution was added 18 g. of trans-3-heptene-l,7-diamine in 40 ml. of pyridine at such a rate to keep the temperature less than 10C.; the addition took about 45 minutes. The reaction mixture was stirred at 5-10C. for an additional 30 minutes, was next stirred at room temperature for 6 hours and then allowed to stand at 5C. overnight. The clear solution was treated with 10 ml. of concentrated ammonium hydroxide with cooling and stirring. The solution was distilled under reduced pressure to remove most of the volatile materials to leave a clear viscous oil. The oil was treated with 100 ml. of water followed by the addition of solid sodium chloride. The mixture was extracted with 5 50 ml. portions ofchloroform. The combined chloroform extracts were shaken with 100 ml. of saturated brine containing 2 ml. of 6N hydrochloric acid and then dried over anhydrous potassium carbonate. The chloroform was distilled off in vacuo to yield a clear viscous oil which crystallized at room temperature. The solid was purified by dissolving it in chloroform-methanol, treating the solution with decolorizing charcoal and removing the solvents in vacuo to yield, as a clear colorless viscous oil which crystallized at room temperature to yield 28.3 g. of N,N-(trans-3- heptene-l,7-diyl)bis(acetamide).

To'a stirred refluxing solution containing 10.5 g. of lithium aluminum hydroxide in 700 ml. of tetrahydrofuran was added dropwise over a period of 90 minutes a solution containing 28.3 g. of N,N-(trans-3-heptenel,7-diyl)bis(acetamide) in 200 ml. of tetrahydrofuran. The reaction mixture was boiled under reflux with stirring for an additional eighteen hours. To the reaction mixture was added dropwise with stirring 40 ml. of a saturated aqueous solution of sodium potassium tartrate and the mixture was boiled for 90 minutes, The mixture was filtered; the filtrate was dried over anhydrous potassium carbonate; and, the filtrate was distilled under reduced pressure to remove the solvents and to leave a pale yellow oil. The oil was dissolved in 100 ml. of tetrahydrofuran and the solution was added dropwise with stirring to a boiling mixture containing 12 g. of lithium aluminum hydride in 250 ml. of tetrahydrofuran. The mixture was boiled with stirring under reflux for 18 hours and the excess hydride was destroyed by slow addition of 40 ml. of a saturated aqueous solution of sodium potassium tartrate. The mixture was boiled with stirring for an additional 90 hours and then filtered. The filtrate was dried over anhydrous potassium carbonate and then distilled under reduced pressure to yield a 15.6 g. fraction of N.N'-diethyltrans-3-heptene-1,7-diamine, b.p. 62C. at 0.1 mm.

1 l8. N-Methyl-N,N-heptamethylenebis(4- trifluoromethoxybenzamide) To a mixture chilled in a ice bath and containing 50 ml. of 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution, 80 ml. of ethylene dichloride and 2.7 g. of N-methyl-l,7-heptanediamine was added with stirring over a period of 5 minutes a solution containing 8.6 g. of -4-trifluoromethoxybenzoyl chloride in 20 ml. of ethylene dichloride. The reaction mixture was stirred in an ice bath for 15 minutes and then stirred at room temperature for 16 hours. The layers were separated and the ethylene dichloride layer was washed successively with 50 ml. of 1% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution, 50 ml. of 0.6N hydrochloric acid and twice with 50 ml. portions of water. The ethylene dichloride solution was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and evaporated in vacuo to remove the solvent. The residue was heated in a hot (80-90C.) water bath for 2 hours to ensure removal of the ethylene dichloride. There was thus obtained, as a viscous yellow liquid, 9.3 g. of N-methyl-'N,N- heptamethylenebis(4- trifluoromethoxybenzamide).

The intermediate N-methyl-1,7 -heptanediamine was prepared as follows. To a stirred mixture cooled to 23C. and kept under an atmosphere of nitrogen and containing 2.5 g. of lithium aluminum hydride and 70 ml. of ether was added dropwise over a period of 35 minutes a solution containing 8.4 g. ol 7- methylaminoheptanonitrile in 30 ml. of ether. The stirred mixture (kept in anice bath) was then treated dropwise over a period of about 30 minutes with 90 ml. 6N sulfuric acid, keeping the temperature of the reaction between 10-15C. The two-phase mixture was filtered and the layers separated. To the aqueous layer was added 250 ml. of 35% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution whereupon there separated an initially copious white solid which dissolved. The mixture was stirred in ice and then extracted with 3 100 ml. portions of ether. The combined extracts were dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and the ether was distilled off in vacuo to yield 7.4 g. of the residual oil which was shown by gas chromatography to consist of a mixture of the starting 7-methylaminoheptanonitrile and the desired N-methyl -l,7-heptanediamine. To a stirred suspension heated to reflux on a steam bath and kept under an atmosphere of nitrogen and containing 2.1 g. of lithium aluninum hydride and ml. of tetrahydrofuran was added dropwise over a period of 25 minutes a solution containing the above 7.4 g. mixture in 25 ml. of tetrahydrofuran. An additional 100 ml. of tetrahydrofuran was added and the mixture was cooled to room temperature. The lumpy solid which had separated was broken up and the mixture was refluxed with stirring for an additional minutes. The hot suspension was treated with 7 ml. of a saturated solution of potassium sodium tartrate which was added dropwise with rapid stirring over a period of ten minutes. The hot reaction mixture was stirred for 1 hour and cooled; a grey solid was filtered off and washed with tetrahydrofuran. The combined filtrate and washings were evaporated in vacuo. The remaining pale yellow oil was distilled under reduced pressure to yield a 2.7 g. fraction of N-methyl-l,7-heptanediamine, b.p. 112113C. at

1 19. N-Ethyl-N,N '-heptamethylenebis(4- trifluoromethoxybenzamide) To a stirred mixture kept in an ice bath and containing 1 15 ml. of 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution, 190 ml. of ethylene dichloride and 6.6 g. of N-ethyl-1,7- heptanediamine was added dropwise over a period of 30 minutes a solution containing 19.4 g. of 4-trifluoromethoxybenzoyl chloride in .40 ml. of ethylene dichloride. The ice bath was removed and stirring was continued at room temperature for about 22 hours. The layers were separated and the ethylene dichloride layer was washed successively with 50 ml. of 1% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution, 50 'ml. of .6N hy' drochloric acid and 2 75 ml. portions ofwater. The ethylene dichloride layer was then dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and heated in vacuo to remove the ethylene dichloride. The syrupy residue was heated in vacuo in a hot water bath for about ninety minutes to ensure complete removal of the solvent. The remaining viscous product crystallized on standing overnight to yield 162 g. of N-ethyl-N,N-heptamethylenebis(4- trifluoromethoxybenzamide), 64-66C.

The intermediate N-ethyl-l,7-heptanediamine was prepared in two steps as follows. To a stirred mixture kept in an ice bath andcontaining 7.2 g. of pyridine, 100 ml. of benzene and 9.2 g. of acetic anhydride was added dropwise over a period of a few minutes 10.0 g. of 7-aminoheptanonitrile. The ice bath was removed and the mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight. The reaction mixture was then evaporated to dryness and the residue taken up in a mixture of 60 ml. of water and 60 ml. of chloroform. The mixture was acidified with 6N hydrochloric acid and shaken well. The layers were separated and the aqueous layer was extracted with 4 60 ml. portions of chloroform. The combined extracts were dried over anhydrous potassium carbonate and the solvent removed in vacuo to yield, as a viscous yellow liquid, 15.1 g. of 7- acetamidoheptanonitrile.

To 375 ml. of tetrahydrofuran stirred under nitrogen was added 7.2 g. of lithium aluminum hydrideThe stirred mixturewas heated to gentle reflux and 15.1 g. of 7-acetamidoheptanonitrile in 75 ml. of tetrahydrofuran was added dropwise over a period of thirty-five minutes. An additional 400 ml. of tetrahydrofuran was added about midway through said addition when a large quantity of grey solid deposited on the walls of the reaction vessel. The reaction mixture was stirred under reflux for an additional 1.75 hours after addition of the nitrile. The reaction mixture was then allowed to stand overnight at room temperature, reheated to reflux and stirred for an additional hour. To the refluxing and stirring mixture was added dropwise over a period of 30 minutes 22 ml. of saturated aqueous sodium potassium tartrate. The reaction mixture was stirred under reflux for 3 more hours and the grey solid filtered off with a sintered glass funnel. The solid was washed with a little tetrahydrofuran. The combined filtrate and washings were evaporated in vacuo to remove the solvent and the residual material was distilled under reduced pressure to yield 7.0 g. of N-ethyl-l ,7-he'ptanediamine, b.p. 98-103C. at mm.

120. N-n-Propyl-N,N-heptamethylenebis(4- trifluoromethoxybenzamide) 20.8 g., mp.

74-75C., was prepared following the procedure described in Example 119 using 150 ml. of 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution, 250 ml. of ethylene dichloride, 9.3 g. of N-n-propyl-l,7-heptanediamine, 27.1 g. of 4-trifluoromethoxybenzoyl chloride in 50 ml. of ethylene dichloride and recrystallization from 50 ml. of acetonitrile.

The intermediate N-n-propyl-1,7-heptanediamine was prepared in two steps following the procedure described in Example 1 19. There was first obtained, as an amber liquid, 14.4 g. of 7-propionamidoheptanonitrile using 10.0 g. of 7-aminoheptanonitrile, 8.1 g. of propionyl chloride, 6.9 g. of pyridine and 100 ml. of benzene. Next was obtained 9.3 g. of n-propyl-l ,7- heptanediamine, b.p. 112-1 16C. at 5 mm., using 8.0 g. of lithium aluminum hydride in 900 ml. of tetrahydrofuran and 18.2 g. of 7-propionamidoheptanonitrile in 100 ml. of tetrahydrofuran.

121. N,N-(trans-3,4-epoxyheptene-l,7-diyl)bis(4- trifluoromethoxybenzamide) To a stirred and chilled (3C., kept in an ice bath) solution containing N,N'-(trans-3-heptene-1,7diyl)bis(4-trifluoromethoxybenzamide) dissolved in 300 ml. of chloroform was added in 1 portion 7.2 g. of 3-chloroperbenzoic acid. The reaction mixture was stirred for an additional 30 minutes at 34C. and then was allowed to stand at 5C. for an additional 42 hours. The reaction mixture was then washed successively with 3 50 ml. portions of cold 5% aqueous potassium carbonate solution and next with saturated brine, and then it was dried over anhydrous potassium carbonate. The solvent was distilled off in vacuo and the remaining white solid was recrystallized from benzene-ethanol to yield 7.75 g. of N,N- (trans-3,4epoxyheptane-1,7diyl)bis(4-trifluoromethoxybenzamide), m.p.12l-123C.

122. 4Methoxy-4-trifluoromethoxy-N,N-heptamethylenebis(benzamide) A mixture containing 20 g. of N-(7-aminoheptyl)-4-trifluoromethoxybenzamide hydrochloride, 20 ml. of chloroform, 30 ml. of water and 4.8 ml. of 35% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution was stirred at room temperature until said hydrochloride dissolved and the solution was then cooled in an ice bath. To said cooled and stirred solution was added simultaneously a solution containing 9.6 g. of 4- methoxybenzoyl chloride in 50 m1. of chloroform and 5 ml. of 35% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution in 27 ml. of water. The dropwise addition was completed in 40 minutes and the temperature of the reaction mixture was kept below 8C. The reaction mixture was stirred in the ice bath for 1 additional hour and then at room temperature for 1 more hour. The mixture was kept in a refrigerator overnight. The solid was collected, washed with 2 30 ml. portions of water and 3 ml. portions of n-hexane, then recrystallized from isopropyl alcohol and dried at 60C. in vacuo to yield 17 g. of 4-methoxy-4'-trifluoromethoxy-N,N-heptamethylenebis(benzamide), mp. 158-160C.

The intermediate N-(7-aminoheptyl)-4-trifluoromethoxybenzamide, as its hydrochloride, was prepared in two steps as follows. To a vigorously stirred mixture containing 6 g. of 7-aminoheptanonitrile, 40 ml. of chloroform and 10 ml. of water kept in an ice bath was added simultaneously and dropwise over a period of about 30 minutes a solution containing 11 g. of 4-trifluoromethoxybenzoyl fluoride in 18 ml. of chloroform and 4 ml. of 35% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution diluted to a volume of 25 cc. with water. The reaction mixture was stirred in the ice bath for 1 additional hour and then at room temperature for 1 more hour. The reaction mixture was next cooled, filtered and the layers separated. The chloroform layer was washed with 2 50 ml. portions of water and dried over anhydrous calcium sulfate. The chloroform was removed in vacuo to yield 14 g. of oily product, N-(6-cyanohexyl)-4-trifluoromethoxybenzamide, which solidified when cooled in an ice bath, m.p. 25-30C.

A mixture containing 12 g. of N-(6-cyanohexyl)-4- trifluoromethoxybenzamide in 100 ml. of ethanol, 8 g. of ammonia and 4 g. of Raney nickel was hydrogenated at approximately 30C. for a period of hours. The reaction mixture was filtered and the solvent and excess ammonia were removed by heating in vacuo. The residual material was dissolved in 150 ml. of isopropyl alcohol acidified with ethanolic hydrogen chloride and the solution was concentrated in vacuoto about 100 ml. The solution was cooled in an ice bath and the solid that separated was collected, washed with cold isopropyl alcohol and ether, and dried at 60C. in vacuo to yield 9 g. of N-(7-aminoheptyl)-4-trifluoromethoxybenzamide as its hydrochloride, m.p. l78-l8lC.

123. 4-Trifluoromethoxy-N,N'-heptamethylenebis(- benzamide) To a stirred mixture kept at 2-5C. in an ice bath and containing 18 g. of N-(7- aminoheptyl)-4 trifluoromethoxybenzamide hydrochloride,'4.4 ml. of 35% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution, 160 ml. of chloroform and 50 ml. of water was added simultaneously over a period of forty minutes 4.6 ml. of 35%aqueous potassium hydroxide solution and 7.7 g. of benzoyl chloride. The reaction mixture was then allowed to stand in a refrigerator and the resulting precipitate was collected. The precipitate was extracted with 500 ml. of chloroform. The chloroform solution was washed successively with 2 100 ml. portions of dilute hydrochloric acid and 2 100 ml. portions of water.-The .chloroform solution was then dried over anhydrous calcium sulfate and heated in vacuo to remove the chloroform. The solid residue was recrystallized from isopropyl acetate, washed with n-hexane and dried -at 60C. to yield 16 g. of 4.-trifluoromethoxy- N,N'-heptamethylenebis(benzamide), m.p. 115-1 18C.

124. N,N-Heptamethylenebis(3-fluoro-4- methoxybenzamide) To a stirred ice-cooled solution containing 125 ml. of 2N aqueous potassium hydroxide solution and 150 ml. of ethylene dichloride was added over a period of minutes 28.2 g. of 3-fluoro-4- methoxybenzoyl chloride dissolved in 50 ml. of ethylene dichloride whereupon a copious white solid separated. The resulting mixture was stirred in the ice bath for an additional 15 minutes and then stirred at room temperature for 2 hours. The solid was collected, recrystallized from 700ml. of acetonitrile and dried in vacuo at 50C. to yield 23.1 g. of N,N'- heptamethylenebis(3-fluoro-4-methoxybenzamide), m.p. l69-l70.5C.

The intermediate 3-fluoro-4-methoxybenzoyl chloride was prepared as follows. Fifty g. of calcium hypochlorite was dissolved by warming in 200 ml. of water to give a milky solution. A warm solution containing 35 g. of potassium carbonate and 10 g. of potassium hydroxide in 100 ml. of water was added; the resulting mixture was shaken for about 5 minutes and then filtered through a sintered glass funnel. The filtrate cake of calcium carbonate was washed with 40 ml. of water.

The combined filtrates were placed in a 1 liter round bottom flask and stirred while heating on a steam bath to about 55C. To the stirred solution was added 16.8 g.'of 3-fluoro-4-methoxyacetophenone and the stirred suspension was cautiously warmed to 60C. whereupon an exothermic reaction began. The reaction temperature was allowed to rise to C. and the mixture was cooled to 60C. using an ice bath; this was repeated several times until the reaction moderated. The stirred reaction mixture was then kept at 60-70C. on a steam bath for 30 minutes and then cooled to room temperature with continued stirring. The reaction mixture was filtered and to the filtrate was added 10 g of sodium metabisulfite in 40 ml. of water to destroy the excess hypochlorite. The mixture was then acidified with 40 ml. of concentrated hydrochloric acid and additional water was added to facilitate stirring due to copious formation of white solid. The mixture was placed in a cold room and the solid was collected, washed with a little water, recrystallized from 150 ml. of acetonitrile and air-dried to yield 12.9 g. of 3-fluoro-4- methoxybenzoic acid, m.p. 211-212C.

A mixture containing 25.5 g. of 3-fluoro-4- methoxybenzoic acid and 150 ml. of thionyl chloride was stirred and refluxed gently on a steam bath for l 1 hours. After the excess thionyl chloride had been distilled off, ml. of ethylene dichloride was added and distilled off. Another 100 ml. portion of ethylene dichloride was added and distilled off, the last traces being removed using a rotary evaporator for ninety minutes, to yield 28.2 g. of 3-fluoro-4-methoxybenzoyl chloride.

125. N,N'-Heptamethylenebis(N-phenyl-4- trifluoromethoxybenzamide) To a stirred cooled mixture containing 5.1 g. of pyridine and ml. of benzene was added dropwise over 5 minutes 14.6 g. of 4-trifluoromethoxybenzoyl chloride followed by dropwise addition over a period of 30 minutes 8.3 g. of N,N- -diphenyl-1,7-heptanediamine in 50 ml. of benzene. The mixture was then stirred at room temperature for 1 hour and then refluxed on a steam bath for 18 hours. The reaction mixture was filtered and the filtrate was washed successively with 100 ml. 0.5% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution, 100 ml. of 0.6N hydrochloric acid and four times with 50 ml. portions of water. The benzene solution was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and evaporated in vacuo to remove the benzene. The residue was taken up in 150 ml. of chloro form and washed with a solution prepared from 5 g. of glycine, 5 ml. of 10% aqueous potassium hydroxide solution and 100 ml. of water; it was next washed twice with water, stirred with a mixture of anhydrous magnesium sulfate and deeolorizing charcoal, and filtered. The filtrate was evaporated in vacuo to remove the solvent and to yield, as a viscous amber liquid, 18.2 g. of N,N'-heptamethylenebis(N-phenyl-4-trifluoromethoxybenzamide).

The intermediate N,N'-diphenyl-l ,7-heptanediamine was prepared as follows. A mixture containing 16 g. of pimelic acid and 50 ml. of thionyl chloride in 200 ml. of ethylene dichloride was stirred and refluxed on a steam bath for two hours, allowed to stand at room temperature for several hours and then evaporated in vacuo to remove the excess thionyl chloride and the ethylene dichloride. Another 100 ml. portion of ethylene dichloride was added and then distilled off in vacuo. The residue was dissolved in 50 ml. of ethylene 

1. N,N''-HEPTAMETHYLENEBIS(4TRIFUOROMETHOXYBENZAMIDE)-B-CYCLODEXTRIN INCLUSION COMPLEX. 